Converting Data
The following valid example converts numeric data to different types of numeric data:
Assuming you have a target table:
CREATE TABLE MLTBL,FALLBACK F1 INTEGER, ABYTEINT BYTEINT, ASMALLINT SMALLINT, AINTEGER INTEGER, ABIGINT BIGINT, AFLOAT FLOAT) PRIMARY INDEX (F1);
You can specify FIELD command for the input records:
FIELD FF1 * INTEGER; FIELD FF2 * decimal(2,1); FIELD FF3 * decimal(4,1); FIELD FF4 * decimal(9,2); FIELD FF5 * decimal(18,2); FIELD FF6 * decimal(18,2);
The decimal data type will be converted to BYTEINT, SMALLINT, etc.