Represents a signed binary integer value in the range -128 to 127.
ANSI Compliance
BYTEINT is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
Syntax
BYTEINT [ attributes [...] ]
Syntax Elements
- attributes
- Appropriate data type attributes, column storage attributes, or column constraint attributes.
Usage Notes
- Storage
BYTEINT is stored as one byte.
- External Representation of BYTEINT
The following table lists the client representations for the BYTEINT data type.
Determining the application definitions and client data types is the responsibility of the application programmer.
Client CPU Architecture Client Representation IBM mainframe One byte 8-bit signed 2’s complement binary number. - UTS
- RISC
- Motorola 68000
- WE 32000
- Intel
One byte 8-bit signed 2’s complement binary number. - Format
BYTEINT format is described in Data Type Default Formats.
Example: BYTEINT Data Type
In the following table definition, column EdLev is a BYTEINT data type:
CREATE TABLE Education (Id CHAR(9) ,LastName CHAR(26) ,EdLev BYTEINT FORMAT 'Z9' CHECK (EdLev BETWEEN 0 AND 22) NOT NULL);