PL/SQL data types

S.No Date Type & Description

Numeric
1
Numeric values on which arithmetic operations are performed.

Character
2 Alphanumeric values that represent single characters or strings of
characters.

Boolean
3
Logical values on which logical operations are performed.

Datetime
4
Dates and times.

PL/SQL provides subtypes of data types. For example, the data type NUMBER has a subtype called INTEGER. You can use
the subtypes in your PL/SQL program to make the data types compatible with data types in other programs while embedding
the PL/SQL code in another program, such as a Java program.

PL/SQL Numeric Data Types and Subtypes

Following table lists out the PL/SQL pre-defined numeric data types and their sub-types −

S.No Data Type & Description

NUMBER(prec, scale)
1 Fixed-point or floating-point number with absolute value in range 1E-130 to (but
not including) 1.0E126. A NUMBER variable can also represent 0

DEC(prec, scale)
2
ANSI specific fixed-point type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits

DECIMAL(prec, scale)
3
IBM specific fixed-point type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits

NUMERIC(pre, secale)
4
Floating type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits

DOUBLE PRECISION
5 ANSI specific floating-point type with maximum precision of 126 binary digits
(approximately 38 decimal digits)

FLOAT
6 ANSI and IBM specific floating-point type with maximum precision of 126 binary
digits (approximately 38 decimal digits)

INT
7
ANSI specific integer type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits

INTEGER
8
ANSI and IBM specific integer type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits
 SMALLINT
9
ANSI and IBM specific integer type with maximum precision of 38 decimal digits

REAL
10 Floating-point type with maximum precision of 63 binary digits (approximately 18
decimal digits)

PL/SQL Character Data Types

Following is the detail of PL/SQL pre-defined character data types and their sub-types −

S.No Data Type & Description

CHAR
1
Fixed-length character string with maximum size of 32,767 bytes

NCHAR
4
Fixed-length national character string with maximum size of 32,767 bytes

VARCHAR
5
Variable-length national character string with maximum size of 32,767 bytes

PL/SQL Date Data Types

S.No Data Type & Description

DATE

1 Default date format might be 'DD-MON-YY'

Eg. 01-OCT-12

DATETIME
2
Includes date & time

Example

DECLARE @num1 INTEGER=10;

DECLARE @num2 INT=100;
DECLARE @num3 NUMERIC=1008;
DECLARE @num4 SMALLINT=10353;
DECLARE @n REAL = 10.10;
DECLARE @n1 FLOAT = 10.1023;
DECLARE @n2 DOUBLE PRECISION = 10.10456;
DECLARE @n3 DEC = 1012.1023;
DECLARE @n4 DECIMAL = 1034.10923;
DECLARE @ch1 CHAR = 'A';
DECLARE @ch2 VARCHAR = 'B';
DECLARE @ch3 VARCHAR(10) = 'AASDAS';
DECLARE @ch4 NCHAR = 'c';
DECLARE @d1 DATE = '17-OCT-2022';
DECLARE @d2 DATETIME = '17-OCT-2022 04:14AM';

BEGIN
print 'NUM1 = '+ CAST(@num1 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'NUM2 = '+ CAST(@num2 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'NUM3 = '+ CAST(@num3 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'NUM4 = '+ CAST(@num4 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'N = '+ CAST(@n AS VARCHAR);
 PRINT 'N1 = '+ CAST(@n1 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'N2 = '+ CAST(@n2 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'N3 = '+ CAST(@n3 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'N4 = '+ CAST(@n4 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'CH1 = '+ @ch1;
PRINT 'CH2 = '+ @ch2;
PRINT 'CH3 = '+ @ch3;
PRINT 'CH4 = '+ @ch4;
PRINT 'D1 = '+ CAST(@d1 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'D2 = '+ CAST(@d2 AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'DAY = ' + CAST(DAY(@d1) AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'MONTH = ' + CAST(MONTH(@d1) AS VARCHAR);
PRINT 'YEAR = ' + CAST(YEAR(@d1) AS VARCHAR);
END;

OUTPUT
NUM1 = 10
NUM2 = 100
NUM3 = 1008
NUM4 = 10353
N = 10.1
N1 = 10.1023
N2 = 10.1046
N3 = 1012
N4 = 1034
CH1 = A
CH2 = B
CH3 = AASDAS
CH4 = c
D1 = 2022-10-17
D2 = Oct 17 2022 4:14AM
DAY = 17
MONTH = 10
YEAR = 2022

Completion time: 2022-10-17T16:27:30.6793701+05:30