DB2 to Access Data Type Conversion

DB2 Data Type

Access Data Type

SMALLINT

Integer

INTEGER

Long Integer

REAL

Single

DOUBLE

Double

BIGINT

Double

CHARACTER or VARCHAR

Text or Memo when length exceeds 255

LONG VARCHAR

Memo

CLOB

Text or Memo when length exceeds 255

BLOB

Binary or Long Binary when length exceeds 255

CHARACTER or VARCHAR  FOR BIT DATA

Binary or Long Binary when length exceeds 255

LONG VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA

Long Binary

DATE or TIME or TIMESTAMP

DateTime

DATALINK

Hyperlink

REFERENCE

Binary

DISTINCT TYPE

DB2 base type converted as shown in this table