User Guide > Data Type Reference > Sybase IQ
  

Sybase IQ

The following table describes the operations that you can perform on data types for Sybase IQ database:
Data Types
Data Movement
Entity Criteria
Data Masking
Data Generation
Profiling
Comments
Bigint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Binary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
You can assign the nullification data masking rule.
Bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You can enter the following entity criteria: Is Null and Is Not Null.
Blob
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
You can assign the nullification data masking rule.
Char
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Clob
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Date
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Datetime
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Decimal
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You can enter precision value up to 28.
You cannot run entity profiles.
Double
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Float
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You can enter precision value up to 28.
You cannot run entity profiles.
Image
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
You can assign the nullification data masking rule.
Int
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Long Binary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
You can assign the nullification data masking rule.
Long Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Money
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Numeric
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You can enter precision value up to 28.
You cannot run entity profiles.
Real
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Smalldatetime
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smallint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smallmoney
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Sysname
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Text
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Timestamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tinyint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
When you assign a data generation rule, ensure that you provide a range between 0 and 255.
Unique Identifier
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
You can enter the Is Null entity criteria.
Unsigned bigint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unsigned int
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unsigned tinyint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varbinary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
You can assign the nullification data masking rule.
Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes