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SQL programmingYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Guide to SQL: ReferenceThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Reference contains the reference information for the system catalog tables, data types, and environment variables of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language, as implemented in HCL OneDB™. These topics also include information about the stores_demo, sales_demo, and superstore_demo databases that are included with HCL OneDB™.
Data typesEvery column in a table in a database is assigned a data type. The data type precisely defines the kinds of values that you can store in that column.
Description of Data Types
SMALLINT data typeThe SMALLINT data type stores small whole numbers that range from –32,767 to 32,767. The maximum negative number, –32,768, is a reserved value and cannot be used.

SMALLINT data type

The SMALLINT data type stores small whole numbers that range from –32,767 to 32,767. The maximum negative number, –32,768, is a reserved value and cannot be used.

The SMALLINT value is stored as a signed binary integer.

Integer columns typically store counts, quantities, and so on. Because the SMALLINT data type requires only two bytes per value, arithmetic operations are performed efficiently. SMALLINT, however, stores only a limited range of values, compared to other built-in numeric data types. If a number is outside the range of the minimum and maximum SMALLINT values, the database server does not store the data value, but instead issues an error message.