Development:XMLDB column types
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XMLDB Documentation > XMLDB column types
This page will show, once finished, one compatibility matrix of column types for each of the RDBMS under which Moodle is expected to work.
The matrix
XMLDB Type | MySQL | PostgreSQL | Oracle | MSSQL |
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int |
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number |
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float |
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char |
<5.0.3 0-255 chars, >=5.0.3 0-65535 chars |
about 1GB ot text |
4000 bytes |
4000 chars |
text |
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binary |
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datetime |
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Some official links
- MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/data-types.html
- PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/datatype.html
- SQL*Server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_da-db_7msw.asp
- Oracle: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/help/oracle8/server.815/a68003/01_04blt.htm