About CarbonData Table

Overview

In CarbonData, data is stored in entities called tables. CarbonData tables are similar to RDBMS tables. RDBMS data is stored in a table consisting of rows and columns. CarbonData tables store structured data, and have fixed columns and data types.

Supported Data Types

CarbonData tables support the following data types:

Int
String
BigInt
Smallint
Char
Varchar
Boolean
Decimal
Double
TimeStamp
Date
Array
Struct
Map

The following table describes supported data types and their respective values range.

**Table 1** CarbonData data types
Data Type	Value Range
Int	4-byte signed integer ranging from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. NOTE: If a non-dictionary column is of the int data type, it is internally stored as the BigInt type.
String	100,000 characters NOTE: If the CHAR or VARCHAR data type is used in CREATE TABLE, the two data types are automatically converted to the String data type. If a column contains more than 32,000 characters, add the column to the LONG_STRING_COLUMNS attribute of the tblproperties table during table creation.
BigInt	64-bit value ranging from -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
SmallInt	–32,768 to 32,767
Char	A to Z and a to z
Varchar	A to Z, a to z, and 0 to 9
Boolean	true or false
Decimal	The default value is (10,0) and maximum value is (38,38). NOTE: When query with filters, append BD to the number to achieve accurate results. For example, *select from carbon_table where num = 1234567890123456.22BD**.
Double	64-bit value ranging from 4.9E-324 to 1.7976931348623157E308
TimeStamp	The default format is yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.
Date	The DATE data type is used to store calendar dates. The default format is yyyy-MM-DD.
Array<data_type>	N/A NOTE: Currently, only two layers of complex types can be nested.
Struct<col_name: data_type COMMENT col_comment, ...>
Map<primitive_type, data_type>