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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.
Built-In Data Types
Time Data Types
Multiplying or Dividing INTERVAL Values

Multiplying or Dividing INTERVAL Values

You can multiply or divide INTERVAL values by numbers. Any remainder from the calculation is ignored, however, and the result is truncated to the precision of the INTERVAL. The following expression multiplies an INTERVAL value by a literal number that has a fractional part:

INTERVAL (15:30.0002) MINUTE TO FRACTION(4) * 2.5

Result: INTERVAL (38:45.0005) MINUTE TO FRACTION(4)

In this example, 15 * 2.5 = 37.5 minutes, 30 * 2.5 = 75 seconds, and 2 * 2.5 = 5 FRACTION (4). The 0.5 minute is converted into 30 seconds and 60 seconds are converted into 1 minute, which produces the final result of 38 minutes, 45 seconds, and 0.0005 of a second. The result of any calculation has the same precision as the original INTERVAL operand.