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SMALLINT

SMALLINT provides 2 bytes of storage.

Syntax for Column Definition

SMALLINT

Corresponding Compile-Time Java Type


java.lang.Short

JDBC Metadata Type (java.sql.Types)


SMALLINT

Minimum Value


-32768 (java.lang.Short.MIN_VALUE)

Maximum Value


32767 (java.lang.Short.MAX_VALUE)
3.4028235E38 (java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE)

When mixed with other data types in expressions, the resulting data type follows the rules shown in “Numeric Type Promotion in Expressions”.

See also “Storing Values of One Numeric Data Type in Columns of Another Numeric Data Type”.

Literals in the appropriate format always map to INTEGER or LONGINT, depending on their length; use a CAST to convert a literal to a SMALLINT.

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