Using Caché Objects - InterSystems Documentation

Operation
ODBCTYPE Values
Value
BINARY
CURRENCY
DATE
DOUBLE
INTEGER
NUMERIC
TIME
TIMESTAMP
VARCHAR
Caché Data Type
%Binary
%Currency
%Date
%Float
%Integer, %Boolean
%Numeric
%Time
%TimeStamp
%String, %List, %Name
11.2.3.3 The SQLCATEGORY Class Keyword
The SQLCATEGORY class keyword specifies the SQL Category that Caché SQL uses to
perform operations on the value of data of this data type. Operations controlled by the SQL-
CATEGORY include comparison operations (such as greater than, less than, or equal to);
other operations may also use it. The definition of the data type class specifies this value.
Overriding it prevents a class from working properly with SQL.
The following SQLCATEGORY values are used for the Caché system classes:
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