OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server

Performing data type conversions
Data types
Making changes between ABL and MS SQL Server data types will affect how the data
is stored. The following tables describe the effects of changing one data type to
another.
Table 13 provides details on converting ABL DATETIME data types and MS SQL Server
data types:
Table 13: Converting ABL datetime types to MS SQL Server data types (1 of
2)
Source
(OpenEdge)
Target
(MSS) Default Conversion
DATE DATE Straight copy of date portion.
DATE DATETIME
DATETIME2
Straight copy of date portion. Time set
to midnight up to millisecond precision
(00:00:00.000).
DATE SMALLDATETIME Straight copy of date portion. Time set
to midnight up to 1 minute of
accuracy.
DATE DATETIMEOFFSET Straight copy of date portion. Time set
to midnight up to millisecond precision
(00:00:00.000). Time zone set to the
OpenEdge client session time zone
context.
DATETIME DATE Straight copy of date portion of
DATETIME value. Time and time zone
portion are dropped.
DATETIME DATETIME
DATETIME2
Straight copy of the datetime portion
up to millisecond precision.
DATETIME SMALLDATETIME Straight copy of the datetime portion
up to a minute of precision.
DATETIME TIME Straight copy of time portion up to
millisecond precision. Date portion is
dropped.
DATETIME DATETIMEOFFSET Straight copy of the datetime portion.
Time zone set to the OpenEdge client
time zone.
DATETIME-TZ DATETIME
DATETIME2
Straight copy of the datetime portion
of DATETIME-TZ value (in client
time-zone context) up to millisecond
precision. Time zone portion is
dropped.
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