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<h2 id="opcomb"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_175">Rules for result data types</a></h2>
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<p>The data types of a result are determined by rules which are applied to
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the operands in an operation. This section explains those rules.</p>
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<p>These rules apply to:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Corresponding columns in UNION, UNION ALL, EXCEPT, or INTERSECT operations</li>
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<li>Result expressions of a CASE expression</li>
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<li>Arguments of the scalar functions COALESCE, IFNULL, MAX, MIN, and VALUE</li>
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<li>Expression values of the IN list of an IN predicate</li></ul><p class="indatacontent"> For the result data type of expressions that involve the operators /,
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*, + and -, see <a href="rbafzmstch2expr.htm#ch2expr">Expressions</a>. For the result data type of expressions
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that involve the CONCAT operator, see <a href="rbafzmstch2expr.htm#wtco">With the concatenation operator</a>.</p>
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<p>The data type of the result is determined by the data type of the operands.
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The data types of the first two operands determine an intermediate result
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data type, this data type and the data type of the next operand determine
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a new intermediate result data type, and so on. The last intermediate result
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data type and the data type of the last operand determine the data type of
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the result. For each pair of data types, the result data type is determined
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by the sequential application of the rules summarized in the tables that follow.</p>
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<p>If neither operand column allows nulls, the result does not allow nulls.
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Otherwise, the result allows nulls.</p>
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<p>If the data type and attributes of any operand column are not the same
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as those of the result, the operand column values are converted to conform
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to the data type and attributes of the result. The conversion operation is
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exactly the same as if the values were assigned to the result. For example, </p>
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<ul>
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<li>If one operand column is CHAR(10), and the other operand column is CHAR(5),
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the result is CHAR(10), and the values derived from the CHAR(5) column are
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padded on the right with five blanks.</li>
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<li>If the whole part of a number cannot be preserved then an error is returned.</li></ul>
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<a name="wq219"></a>
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<h3 id="wq219"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_176">Numeric operands</a></h3>
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<p>Numeric types are compatible with other numeric and character-string and
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graphic-string data types.</p>
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<th id="wq221" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">If one operand column is...</th>
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<th id="wq222" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
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<th id="wq223" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">BIGINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DECIMAL(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">SMALLINT</td>
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<div class="lines">DECIMAL(p,x) where<br />
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p = min(mp, x+max(w-x,5))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DECIMAL(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">INTEGER</td>
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<div class="lines">DECIMAL(p,x) where <br />
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p = min(mp, x+max(w-x,11))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DECIMAL(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">BIGINT</td>
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<div class="lines">DECIMAL(p,x) where <br />
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p = min(mp, x+max(w-x,19))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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</div></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DECIMAL(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">DECIMAL(y,z) or NUMERIC(y,z,)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">
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<div class="lines">DECIMAL(p,s) where <br />
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p = min(mp, max(x,z)+max(w-x,y-z)) <br />
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s = max(x,z)<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DECIMAL(w,x)</td>
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<div class="lines">DECIMAL(w,x)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">NUMERIC(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">SMALLINT</td>
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<div class="lines">NUMERIC(p,x) where <br />
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p = min(mp, x + max(w-x,5))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">NUMERIC(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">INTEGER</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">
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<div class="lines">NUMERIC(p,x) where <br />
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p = min(mp, x + max(w-x,11))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">NUMERIC(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">BIGINT</td>
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<div class="lines">NUMERIC(p,x) where <br />
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p = min(mp, x + max(w-x,19))<br />
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mp = 31 or 63 (See Note 1)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">NUMERIC(w,x)</td>
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<div class="lines">NUMERIC(p,s) where <br />
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p = min(mp, max(x,z) + max(w-x, y-z)) <br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">NUMERIC(w,x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<div class="lines">NUMERIC(w,x)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">NONZERO SCALE BINARY</td>
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<div class="lines">NONZERO SCALE BINARY <br />
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(If either operand is nonzero scale binary, <br />
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both operands must be binary with the <br />
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same scale.)<br />
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">REAL</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">REAL</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">DECIMAL, NUMERIC, BIGINT, INTEGER, or SMALLINT</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">DOUBLE</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">REAL</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DOUBLE</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">any numeric type</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">DOUBLE</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq221">DOUBLE</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq222">String</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq223">DOUBLE</td>
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<div class="notebody">
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<ol type="1">
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<li>The value of mp is 63 if:
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<li>either w or y is greater than 31, or</li>
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<li>a value of 63 was specified for the maximum precision on the DECRESULT
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parameter of the CRTSQLxxx command, RUNSQLSTM command, or SET OPTION statement</li></ul>Otherwise, the value of mp is 31.</li></ol></div></td>
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<h3 id="wq226"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_177">Character and graphic string operands</a></h3>
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<p>Character and graphic strings are compatible with other character and graphic
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strings when there is a defined conversion between their corresponding CCSIDs.</p>
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<th id="wq229" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
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<th id="wq230" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">CHAR(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">CHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">GRAPHIC(y) or CHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq230">GRAPHIC(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">VARCHAR(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">VARCHAR(y) or CHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">VARCHAR(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">CLOB(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">CLOB(y) or VARCHAR(y) or CHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq230">CLOB(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">CLOB(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">GRAPHIC(y) or VARGRAPHIC(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq230">DBCLOB(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq228">DBCLOB(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq229">CHAR(y) or VARCHAR(y) or CLOB(y) or GRAPHIC(y)
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<p>The CCSID of the result graphic string will be derived based on the <a href="rbafzmstuuall.htm#uuall">Conversion rules for operations that combine strings</a>.</p>
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<a name="wq231"></a>
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<h3 id="wq231"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_178">Binary string operands</a></h3>
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<p>Binary strings are compatible only with other binary strings. Other data
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types can be treated as a binary-string data type by using the BINARY, VARBINARY,
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or BLOB scalar functions to cast the data type to a binary string.</p>
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<a name="wq232"></a>
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<th id="wq233" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">If one operand column is...</th>
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<th id="wq234" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
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<th id="wq235" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq233">BINARY(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq234">BINARY(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq235">BINARY(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq233">VARBINARY(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq234">VARBINARY(y) or BINARY(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq235">VARBINARY(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq233">BLOB(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq234">BLOB(y) or VARBINARY(y) or BINARY(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq235">BLOB(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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<a name="wq236"></a>
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<h3 id="wq236"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_179">Datetime operands</a></h3>
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<p>A DATE type is compatible with another DATE type or any character string
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expression that contains a valid string representation of a date. A string
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representation must not be a CLOB. The data type of the result is DATE.</p>
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<p>A TIME type is compatible with another TIME type or any character string
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expression that contains a valid string representation of a time. A string
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representation must not be a CLOB. The data type of the result is TIME.</p>
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<p>A TIMESTAMP type is compatible with another TIMESTAMP type or any character
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string expression that contains a valid string representation of a timestamp.
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A string representation must not be a CLOB. The data type of the result is
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TIMESTAMP.</p>
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<a name="wq237"></a>
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<table id="wq237" width="100%" summary="" border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows">
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<thead valign="bottom">
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<th id="wq238" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">If one operand column is...</th>
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<th id="wq239" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
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<th id="wq240" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq238">DATE</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="wq239">DATE, CHAR(y), or VARCHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq240">DATE</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq238">TIME</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq239">TIME, CHAR(y), or VARCHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq240">TIME</td>
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<tr>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq238">TIMESTAMP</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq239">TIMESTAMP, CHAR(y), or VARCHAR(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq240">TIMESTAMP</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<a name="wq241"></a>
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<h3 id="wq241"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_180">DataLink operands</a></h3>
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<p>A DataLink is compatible with another DataLink. However, DataLinks with
|
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NO LINK CONTROL are only compatible with other DataLinks with NO LINK CONTROL;
|
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DataLinks with FILE LINK CONTROL READ PERMISSION FS are only compatible with
|
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other DataLinks with FILE LINK CONTROL READ PERMISSION FS; and DataLinks with
|
||
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FILE LINK CONTROL READ PERMISSION DB are only compatible with other DataLinks
|
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with FILE LINK CONTROL READ PERMISSION DB. The data type of the result is
|
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DATALINK. The length of the result DATALINK is the largest length of all the
|
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data types.</p>
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<a name="wq242"></a>
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<table id="wq242" width="100%" summary="" border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows">
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<thead valign="bottom">
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<tr>
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<th id="wq243" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">If one operand column is...</th>
|
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<th id="wq244" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
|
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<th id="wq245" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq243">DATALINK(x)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq244">DATALINK(y)</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq245">DATALINK(z) where z = max(x,y)</td>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<a name="wq246"></a>
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<h3 id="wq246"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_181">ROWID operands</a></h3>
|
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<p>A ROWID is compatible with another ROWID. The data type of the result is
|
||
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ROWID.</p>
|
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<a name="wq247"></a>
|
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<h3 id="wq247"><a href="rbafzmst02.htm#ToC_182">Distinct type operands</a></h3>
|
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<p>A user-defined distinct type is compatible only with the same user-defined
|
||
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distinct type. The data type of the result is the user-defined distinct type.</p>
|
||
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<a name="wq248"></a>
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<table id="wq248" width="100%" summary="" border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows">
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<thead valign="bottom">
|
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<tr>
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<th id="wq249" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">If one operand column is...</th>
|
||
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<th id="wq250" width="25%" align="left" valign="bottom">And the other operand is...</th>
|
||
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<th id="wq251" width="50%" align="left" valign="bottom">The data type of the result column is...</th>
|
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</tr>
|
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</thead>
|
||
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<tbody valign="top">
|
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<tr>
|
||
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq249">Distinct Type</td>
|
||
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq250">Distinct Type</td>
|
||
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<td align="left" valign="top" headers="wq251">Distinct Type</td>
|
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|
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