The data types of Hologres are compatible with those of PostgreSQL. This topic describes the data types and array types that are supported by Hologres.
Data types
The data types of Hologres are a subset of the data types of PostgreSQL. The following table describes the data types that are supported by Hologres.
Data type | Supported version | Length | Description | Value range | Example |
INTEGER (INT or INT4) | All Hologres versions | 4 bytes | Common integers. | -2147483648 to 2147483647. | 2147483647 |
BIGINT (INT8) | All Hologres versions | 8 bytes | Integers in a large range. | -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807. | 9223372036854775807 |
BOOLEAN (BOOL) | All Hologres versions | 1 byte | The Boolean data type. |
| True. |
REAL (FLOAT4) | All Hologres versions | 4 bytes | The data has variable precision. The result is imprecise. Note In PostgreSQL, if you do not specify a precision for FLOAT, the DOUBLE PRECISION (FLOAT8) data type is used by default. | A number that has up to six decimal digits of precision. | 123.123 |
DOUBLE PRECISION (FLOAT8) | All Hologres versions | 8 bytes | The data has variable precision. The result is imprecise. | A number that has up to 15 decimal digits of precision. | 123.123456789123 |
TEXT | All Hologres versions | Variable length | A character string with a variable length. Compared with the VARCHAR(n) and CHAR(n) data types, the TEXT data type is more flexible. We recommend that you use the TEXT data type instead of the VARCHAR(n) and CHAR(n) data types. | None. | abcdefg |
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE (TIMESTAMPTZ) | All Hologres versions | 8 bytes | A timestamp with a time zone. The value is accurate to the millisecond. Note Standard PostgreSQL uses a plus sign (+) or a minus sign (-) and a time zone offset in a value of the | 4713 BC to 294276 AD. | 2004-10-19 10:23:54+02 |
DECIMAL (NUMERIC) | All Hologres versions | Variable length | The precision and the scale must be specified.
| Maximum precision: 38. Maximum scale: 38. | DECIMAL(38, 10) |
DATE | Hologres V0.8 and later | 4 bytes | The value is accurate to the day. | 4713 BC to 5874897 AD | 2004-10-19 |
TIMESTAMP | Hologres V0.8 and later | 8 bytes | A timestamp without a time zone. The value is accurate to the microsecond. | 4713 BC to 5874897 AD | 2020-01-01 01:01:01.123456 |
CHAR(n) | Hologres V0.8 and later | A character string with a fixed length of n characters. | The data size must be less than or equal to 1 GB. | A character string with a fixed length. |
|
VARCHAR(n) | Hologres V0.8 and later | A character string with a variable length that cannot exceed n characters. | The data size must be less than or equal to 1 GB. | A character string with a variable length of limited characters. | abcdefg |
SERIAL (auto-increment serial) | Hologres V0.8 and later | For more information, see PostgreSQL SERIAL. | None. | None. | None |
SMALLINT | Hologres V0.9 and later | 2 bytes | Integers in a small range. | -32768 to +32767 | 32767 |
JSON and JSONB | Hologres V0.9 and later | For more information, see JSON data types. | None. | None. | None |
BYTEA | Hologres V0.9 and later | Variable length. For more information, see Binary Data Types. | A binary string with a variable length. | The data size must be less than or equal to 1 GB. | None |
RoaringBitmap | Hologres V0.10 and later | Variable length. For more information, see Roaring bitmap functions. | An efficient array of the INT data type that supports bitmap computing of constant arrays. | None. | None |
BIT(n) | Hologres V0.9 and later | A binary string with a length of n bits. | A binary string with a fixed length. | The data size must be less than or equal to 1 GB. | None |
VARBIT(n) | Hologres V0.9 and later | A binary string with a variable length that cannot exceed n bits. | A binary string with a length of limited bits. | The data size must be less than or equal to 1 GB. | None |
INTERVAL | All Hologres versions | 16 bytes | None. | -178000000 years to 178000000 years | interval '1 year' |
TIMETZ | Hologres V0.9 and later | 12 bytes | A time value with a time zone. The value is accurate to the microsecond. | 00:00:00 to 24:00:00 | 12:00:00+08 |
TIME | Hologres V0.9 and later | 8 bytes | A time value without a time zone. The value is accurate to the microsecond. | 00:00:00 to 24:00:00 | 12:00:00 |
INET | Hologres V0.9 and later | For more information, see Network address types. | This data type allows you to save an IPv4 or IPv6 host address in a data domain. | None. | 192.168.100.128/25 |
MONEY | Hologres V0.9 and later | 8 bytes. For more information, see Monetary types. | This data type allows you to store a currency amount with a fixed fractional precision. | -92233720368547758.08 to +92233720368547758.07 | $12.34 |
OID | Hologres V0.9 and later | 4 bytes | An object identifier in the numeric form. | None. | 1024 |
UUID | Hologres V0.9 and later | 16 bytes | A universally unique identifier with a fixed length of 128 bits. Note Algorithms provided by the uuid-ossp module are not supported. For more information, see UUID Type. | 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 to ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff | a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11 |
The following sample SQL statements provide examples of the TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DATE, and DECIMAL data types:
CREATE TABLE test_data_type (
tswtz_column TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
date_column date,
decimal_column decimal(38, 10),
char_column char(20),
varchar_volumn varchar(225)
);
INSERT INTO test_data_type
VALUES ('2004-10-19 08:08:08', '2004-10-19', 123.456, 'abcd', 'a');
SELECT * FROM test_data_type;
tswtz_column | date_column | decimal_column | char_column | varchar_volumn
------------------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------
2004-10-19 08:08:08+08 | 2004-10-19 | 123.4560000000 | abcd | a
(1 row)
The following sample SQL statements provide examples of the BIT, VARBIT, and BYTEA data types:
// BIT and VARBIT data types
CREATE TABLE test (a BIT(3), b BIT VARYING(5));
INSERT INTO test VALUES (B'101', B'00');
INSERT INTO test VALUES (B'10', B'101');
ERROR: bit string length 2 does not match type bit(3)
INSERT INTO test VALUES (B'10'::bit(3), B'101');
SELECT * FROM test;
a | b
-----+-----
101 | 00
100 | 101
//BYTEA data type
SET bytea_output = 'escape';
SELECT 'abc \153\154\155 \052\251\124'::bytea;
bytea
----------------
abc klm *\251T
RESET bytea_output; -- 'hex' by default
SELECT 'abc \153\154\155 \052\251\124'::bytea;
bytea
--------------------------
\x616263206b6c6d202aa954
(1 row)
Array types
Hologres supports one-dimensional arrays of the following types:
int4[]
int8[]
float4[]
float8[]
boolean[]
text[]
The following sample SQL statements provide examples on how to use the preceding array types:
Declare arrays.
CREATE TABLE array_example( int4_array int4[], int8_array int8[], float4_array float4[], float8_array float8[], boolean_array boolean[], text_array text[]);
Insert arrays.
Use the ARRAY keyword.
INSERT INTO array_example( int4_array, int8_array, float4_array, float8_array, boolean_array, text_array) VALUES (ARRAY[1, 2, 3, 4], ARRAY[1, 2, 3, 4], ARRAY[1.0, 2.0], ARRAY[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], ARRAY[true, true, false], ARRAY['foo1', 'foo2', 'foo3']);
Use the
{}
expression.INSERT INTO array_example( int4_array, int8_array, float4_array, float8_array, boolean_array, text_array) VALUES ('{1, 2, 3, 4}', '{1, 2, 3, 4}', '{1.0, 2.0}', '{1.0, 2.0, 3.0}', '{true, true, false}', '{"foo1", "foo2", "foo3"}');
Query data from an array.
Query an element in an array.
SELECT int4_array[3] FROM array_example;
Query multiple elements in an array.
SELECT int4_array[1:2] FROM array_example;
Data type mappings between MaxCompute and Hologres
The following table describes the data type mappings between MaxCompute and Hologres when you create a foreign table that is sourced from a MaxCompute table.
Data type supported by MaxCompute | Data type supported by Hologres | Supported version | Description |
| TEXT | All Hologres versions. | None. |
BIGINT | INT8 | All Hologres versions. | None. |
INT |
| All Hologres versions. | None. |
FLOAT |
| All Hologres versions. | None. |
DOUBLE |
| All Hologres versions. | None. |
BOOLEAN | BOOL | All Hologres versions. | None. |
DATETIME | TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE | All Hologres versions. | The DATETIME data type of MaxCompute specifies a date time in UTC+8. The time ranges from 0000-01-01 to 9999-12-31, and is accurate to the millisecond. |
DECIMAL | NUMERIC | All Hologres versions. | If no precision or scale is specified for the DECIMAL data type in MaxCompute, DECIMAL (38,18) is used by default. The precision and the scale are automatically converted when you create a foreign table by executing the IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA statement. For more information about the statement, see IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA. |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
CHAR(n) | By default, CHAR(n) is used. Hologres also allows you to map CHAR(n) in MaxCompute to TEXT. To map to TEXT, you must add the | Hologres V0.8 and later. | Entries of the CHAR(n) data type in MaxCompute are character strings with a fixed length of n characters. The maximum value of n is 255. If you insert a character string that is shorter than the required length, Hologres adds spaces to the character string to increase the length. |
VARCHAR(n) | By default, VARCHAR(n) is used. Hologres also allows you to map VARCHAR(n) in MaxCompute to TEXT. To map to TEXT, you must add the | Hologres V0.8 and later. | Entries of the VARCHAR(n) data type in MaxCompute are character strings with a variable length of n characters. Valid values of n: 1 to 65535. |
DATE | DATE | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
SMALLINT | By default, INT2 is used. Hologres also allows you to map SMALLINT in MaxCompute to INT8. To map to INT8, you must add the | All Hologres versions, in which the data type for Hologres V0.8 is INT4 and the data type for Hologres V0.9 is INT2. | None. |
TINYINT | By default, INT2 is used. Hologres also allows you to map TINYINT in MaxCompute to INT8. To map to INT8, you must add the | All Hologres versions, in which the data type for Hologres V0.8 is INT4 and the data type for Hologres V0.9 is INT2. | None. |
CHAR | Not supported. | Not supported. | None. |
ARRAY<INT> | INT4[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<BIGINT> | INT8[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<FLOAT> | FLOAT4[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<DOUBLE> | FLOAT8[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<BOOLEAN> | BOOLEAN[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<STRING> | TEXT[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. | None. |
BINARY | BYTEA | Hologres V0.9 and later. | None. |
ARRAY<TINYINT> | Not supported. | Not supported. | None. |
ARRAY<SMALLINT> | Not supported. | Not supported. | None. |
For a MaxCompute table that contains a field whose data type is not supported by Hologres, if you do not specify this field in a query, data of other fields can be queried.
Data type mappings between Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink and Hologres
The following table describes the data type mappings between Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink and Hologres.
Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink supports only some data types of Hologres binary log source tables. For more information, see Use Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink to consume Hologres binary log data in real time.
Data type supported by Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink | Data type supported by Hologres | Supported Hologres version | Supported Realtime Compute for Apache Flink or Blink version |
INT |
| All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
BIGINT | INT8 | All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
VARCHAR | TEXT | All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
DOUBLE |
| All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
BOOLEAN | BOOL | All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
DECIMAL | NUMERIC Note When you execute the CREATE TABLE AS statement to synchronize data from Realtime Compute for Apache Flink to Hologres, take note of the following items:
| All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
DATE | DATE | Hologres V0.8 and later. | All versions. |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE | All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
FLOAT |
| All Hologres versions. | All versions. |
TIME | TIME and TIMETZ | All Hologres versions. Note In Hologres V2.1.24 or later, the TIME and TIMETZ data types are supported when you use the fixed plan feature to accelerate the execution of SQL statements. For more information, see Accelerate the execution of SQL statements by using fixed plans. |
|
VARCHAR | JSONB | Hologres V0.10 and later. |
|
VARCHAR | JSON | Hologres V0.9 and later. |
|
BYTES | RoaringBitmap | Hologres V0.10 and later. |
|
VARCHAR | GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY | All Hologres versions. Note In Hologres V2.1 or later, you can use the fixed plan feature to accelerate the execution of SQL statements to write data of the TGEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY data types. For more information, see Accelerate the execution of SQL statements by using fixed plans. |
|
TINYINT | SMALLINT | All Hologres versions. |
|
SMALLINT | SMALLINT | All Hologres versions. |
|
ARRAY<INT> | int4[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
ARRAY<BIGINT> | int8[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
ARRAY<FLOAT> | float4[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
ARRAY<DOUBLE> | float8[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
ARRAY<BOOLEAN> | boolean[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
ARRAY<VARCHAR> | TEXT[] | Hologres V0.8 and later. |
|
CHAR | Not supported. | Not supported. | Not supported. |
BINARY | Not supported. | Not supported | Not supported. |
Data type mappings between MySQL and Hologres
The following table describes the data type mappings between MySQL and Hologres. For more information about how to migrate data from MySQL to Hologres, see Migrate data from MySQL to Hologres.
Data type supported by MySQL | Data type supported by Hologres |
BIGINT | BIGINT |
BINARY(n) | BYTEA |
BIT | BOOLEAN |
|
|
DATE | DATE |
DATETIME | TIMESTAMP [WITHOUT TIME ZONE] |
|
|
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
FLOAT | REAL |
|
|
MEDIUMINT | INTEGER |
NUMERIC(p,s) | NUMERIC(p,s) |
SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
| BYTEA |
TINYINT | SMALLINT |
| TEXT |
TIME | TIME [WITHOUT TIME ZONE] |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP [WITH TIME ZONE] |
| BYTEA |
VARCHAR(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
VARCHAR(max) | TEXT |
Data type mappings between Data Lake Formation (DLF) and Hologres
Data type supported by DLF | Data type supported by Hologres |
TINYINT | SMALLINT |
SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
INT | INT |
BIGINT | BIGINT |
BOOLEAN | BOOLEAN |
FLOAT | REAL |
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DATE | DATE |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
STRING | TEXT |
BINARY | BYTEA |
DECIMAL(m,n) | NUMERIC(m,n) |
VARCHAR(n) | CHARACTER VARYING(n) |
CHAR(n) | CHARACTOR(n) |
ARRAY<type> | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
Data type mappings between Hive and Hologres
Data type supported by Hive | Data type supported by Hologres |
TINYINT | SMALLINT |
SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
INT | INT |
BIGINT | BIGINT |
FLOAT | REAL |
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DECIMAL | NUMERIC |
NUMERIC | NUMERIC |
DATE | DATE |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
STRING | TEXT |
VARCHAR | VARCHAR |
CHAR | CHAR |
BINARY | BYTEA |
BOOL | BOOLEAN |
ARRAY<type> | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
Data type mappings between Apache Hudi and Hologres
The following table describes the data type mappings between Apache Hudi and Hologres V1.3 and later.
Data type supported by Apache Hudi | Data type supported by Hologres |
IntegerType | INT |
LongType | BIGINT |
FloatType | REAL |
DoubleType | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DecimalType | NUMERIC |
TimestampType | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
DateType | DATE |
YearMonthIntervalType | Not supported |
DayTimeIntervalType | Not supported |
StringType | TEXT |
VarcharType | Not supported |
CharType | Not supported |
BooleanType | BOOL |
BinaryType | BYTEA |
ByteType | Not supported |
ShortType | Not supported |
ArrayType(elementType, containsNull) | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
Data type mappings between Delta Lake and Hologres
The following table describes the data type mappings between Delta Lake and Hologres V1.3 and later.
Data type supported by Delta Lake | Data type supported by Hologres |
TINYINT | SMALLINT |
SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
INT | INT |
BIGINT | BIGINT |
FLOAT | REAL |
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DECIMAL(p,s) | NUMERIC |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
DATE | DATE |
INTERVAL intervalQualifier | Not supported |
STRING | TEXT |
BOOLEAN | BOOLEAN |
BINARY | BYTEA |
ARRAY<elementType> | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
Data type mappings between Paimon and Hologres
Data type supported by Paimon | Data type supported by Hologres |
TINYINT | SMALLINT |
SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
INT | INT |
BIGINT | BIGINT |
FLOAT | REAL |
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DECIMAL(p,s) | DECIMAL |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
DATE | DATE |
CHAR | CHAR |
VARCHAR | VARCHAR |
BINARY | BYTEA |
ARRAY | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
Data type mappings between Iceberg and Hologres
Data type supported by Iceberg | Data type supported by Hologres |
BOOLEAN | BOOLEAN |
INT | INTEGER |
LONG | BIGINT |
FLOAT | REAL |
DOUBLE | DOUBLE PRECISION |
DECIMAL(P,S) | NUMERIC(P,S) |
DATE | DATE |
TIME | TEXT. Spark does not support the TIME data type. If you write data of the TIME data type from Flink to DLF, the data type of the data is converted from TIME into STRING. |
TIMESTAMP | TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE |
TIMESTAMPTZ | Not supported. |
STRING | TEXT |
UUID | Not supported for Flink and Spark. |
FIXED(L) | BYTEA |
BINARY | BYTEA |
LIST | ARRAY<hologres_data_type> The following data types are supported:
|
STRUCT | Not supported. |
MAP | Not supported. |