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Data types [YSQL]
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Data types

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This page documents an earlier version. Go to the latest (v2.3) version.

The following table lists the primitive and compound data types in YSQL.

Data type Alias Description
bigint int8 Signed eight-byte integer
bigserial serial8 Autoincrementing eight-byte integer
bit [ (n) ] 1 Fixed-length bit string
bit varying [ (n) ] 1 varbit [ (n) ] Variable-length bit string
boolean bool Logical boolean (true/false)
box 1 Rectangular box
bytea Binary data
character [ (n) ] char [ (n) ] Fixed-length character string
character varying [ (n) ] varchar [ (n) ] Variable-length character string
cidr 1 IPv4 or IPv6 network address
circle 1 Circle on a plane
date Calendar date (year, month, day)
double precision float8 Double precision floating-point number (8 bytes)
inet 1 IPv4 or IPv6 host address
integer int, int4 Signed four-byte integer
interval [ fields ] [ (p) ] Time span
json 1 Textual JSON data
jsonb 1 Binary JSON data, decomposed
line 1 Infinite line on a plane
lseg 1 Line segment on a plane
macaddr 1 Media Access Control (MAC) address
macaddr8 1 Media Access Control (MAC) address (EUI-64 format)
money Currency amount
numeric [ (p, s) ] decimal [ (p, s) ] Exact fixed-point numeric
path 1 Geometric path on a plane
pg_lsn 1 Log Sequence Number
point 1 Geometric point
polygon 1 Closed geometric path
real float4 Floating-point number (4 bytes)
smallint int2 Signed two-byte integer
smallserial serial2 Autoincrementing two-byte integer
serial serial4 Autoincrementing four-byte integer
text Variable-length character string
time [ (p) ] [ without time zone ] Time of day (no time zone)
time [ (p) ] with time zone timetz Time of day, including time zone
timestamp [ (p) ] [ without time zone ] Date and time (no time zone)
timestamp [ (p) ] with time zone timestampz Date and time, including time zone
tsquery 1 Text search query
tsvector 1 Text search document
txid_snapshot 1 Transaction ID snapshot
uuid Universally unique identifier
xml 2 XML data

1 Table columns of this type cannot be part of an INDEX KEY.

2 Under development.

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