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DB2 for z/OS

The following table describes the operations that you can perform on data types in DB2 for z/OS database:
Data Types
Data Movement
Entity Criteria
Data Masking
Data Generation
Profiling
Comments
Bigint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Binary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blob
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
n/a
You can generate data through the native client.
Char
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Char for bit data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Clob
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
n/a
You can generate data through the native client.
Date
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Dbclob
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
n/a
You can generate data through the native client.
Decfloat
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
n/a
You can generate data through the native client.
Decimal
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Double
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
You can enter a precision value up to 28.
Float
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Graphic
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Integer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Long Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Long Varchar for bit data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Long Vargraphic
No
No
No
Yes
No
Real
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Smallint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Timestamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Varbinary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varchar for Bit Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Vargraphic
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
XML
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
n/a
You can generate data through the native client.