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Binary Data Types

Table 1 lists the binary data types that can be used in GaussDB(DWS).

Table 1 Binary Data Types

Name

Description

Storage Space

BLOB

Binary large object.

Currently, BLOB only supports the following external access interfaces:

  • DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH
  • DBMS_LOB.READ
  • DBMS_LOB.WRITE
  • DBMS_LOB.WRITEAPPEND
  • DBMS_LOB.COPY
  • DBMS_LOB.ERASE

For details about the interfaces, see DBMS_LOB.

NOTE:

Column storage cannot be used for the BLOB type.

The maximum size is 10,7373,3621 bytes (1 GB - 8203 bytes).

RAW

Variable-length hexadecimal string

NOTE:

Column storage cannot be used for the raw type.

4 bytes plus the actual hexadecimal string. The maximum size is 10,7373,3621 bytes (1 GB - 8203 bytes).

BYTEA

Variable-length binary string

4 bytes plus the actual binary string. The maximum size is 10,7373,3621 bytes (1 GB - 8203 bytes).

In addition to the size limitation on each column, the total size of each tuple is 8203 bytes less than 1 GB.

Examples

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--Create a table.
CREATE TABLE blob_type_t1 
(
    BT_COL1 INTEGER,
    BT_COL2 BLOB,
    BT_COL3 RAW,
    BT_COL4 BYTEA
) DISTRIBUTE BY REPLICATION;

--Insert data.
INSERT INTO blob_type_t1 VALUES(10,empty_blob(),
HEXTORAW('DEADBEEF'),E'\\xDEADBEEF');

-- Query data in the table.
SELECT * FROM blob_type_t1;


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-- Delete the tables:
DROP TABLE blob_type_t1;
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