Amazon RDS for SQL server source data types

The Amazon RDS for SQL Server source for Qlik Replicate supports most Amazon RDS for SQL Server data types. The following table shows the Amazon RDS for SQL Server source data types that are supported when using Qlik Replicate and the default mapping to Qlik Replicate data types. Note that Amazon RDS for SQL Server data types are only mapped to Qlik Replicate data types when the target endpoint is not Amazon RDS for SQL Server. For information on data type mapping and collation support when the target endpoint is Amazon RDS for SQL Server, see Homogeneous Replication below.

For information on how to view the data type that is mapped in the target, see the section for the target endpoint you are using.

For additional information about Qlik Replicate data types, see Replicate data types.

Collatable data types are indicated by an asterisk (*).

SQL server and Replicate data types
Amazon RDS for SQL server data types	Qlik Replicatedata types
BIGINT	INT8
BIT	BOOLEAN
DECIMAL	NUMERIC
INT	INT4
MONEY	NUMERIC (19,4)
NUMERIC (p,s)	NUMERIC
SMALLINT	INT2
SMALLMONEY	NUMERIC (10,4)
TINYINT	UINT1
REAL	REAL4
FLOAT	REAL8
DOUBLE	REAL8
DATETIME	DATETIME
DATETIME2	DATETIME
SMALLDATETIME	DATETIME
DATE	DATE
TIME	STRING (16)
DATETIMEOFFSET	STRING
*CHAR	STRING
*VARCHAR	STRING
VARCHAR (max) TEXT To use this data type with Qlik Replicate, you must enable the use of CLOBs for a specific task. LOB columns for Amazon RDS for SQL Server tables are updated in the target even for UPDATE statements that did not change the value of the LOB column in Amazon RDS for SQL Server. During CDC, CLOB data types are supported only in tables that include a primary key. For more information, see LOB support in Task Settings/Metadata.	CLOB
*NCHAR	WSTRING
*NVARCHAR (length)	WSTRING
NVARCHAR (max) NTEXT To use this data type with Qlik Replicate, you must enable the use of NCLOBs for a specific task. LOB columns for Amazon RDS for SQL Server tables are updated in the target even for UPDATE statements that did not change the value of the LOB column in Amazon RDS for SQL Server. During CDC, NCLOB data types are supported only in tables that include a primary key. For more information, see LOB support in Task Settings/Metadata.	NCLOB
BINARY	BYTES
VARBINARY	BYTES
VARBINARY (max) IMAGE LOB columns for Amazon RDS for SQL Server tables are updated in the target even for UPDATE statements that did not change the value of the LOB column in Amazon RDS for SQL Server. To use this data type with Qlik Replicate, you must enable the use of BLOBs for a specific task. BLOB data types are supported only in tables that include a primary key. For more information, see LOB support in Task Settings/Metadata.	BLOB
TIMESTAMP	BYTES
UNIQUEIDENTIFIER	STRING
HIERARCHYID	STRING (250)
XML LOB columns for Amazon RDS for SQL Server tables are updated in the target even for UPDATE statements that did not change the value of the LOB column in Amazon RDS for SQL Server. To use this data type with Qlik Replicate, you must enable the use of NCLOBs for a specific task. During CDC, NCLOB data types are supported only in tables that include a primary key. For more information, see LOB support in Task Settings/Metadata.	CLOB
GEOMETRY	CLOB
GEOGRAPHY	CLOB

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