Data Types

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Supported types

CockroachDB supports the following data types. Click a type for more details.

Type Description Example
ARRAY A 1-dimensional, 1-indexed, homogeneous array of any non-array data type. {"sky","road","car"}
BIT A string of binary digits (bits). B'10010101'
BOOL A Boolean value. true
BYTES A string of binary characters. b'\141\061\142\062\143\063'
COLLATE The COLLATE feature lets you sort STRING values according to language- and country-specific rules, known as collations. 'a1b2c3' COLLATE en
DATE A date. DATE '2016-01-25'
ENUM A user-defined data type comprised of a set of static values. ENUM ('club, 'diamond', 'heart', 'spade')
DECIMAL An exact, fixed-point number. 1.2345
FLOAT A 64-bit, inexact, floating-point number. 1.2345
INET An IPv4 or IPv6 address. 192.168.0.1
INT A signed integer, up to 64 bits. 12345
INTERVAL A span of time. INTERVAL '2h30m30s'
JSONB JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data. '{"first_name": "Lola", "last_name": "Dog", "location": "NYC", "online" : true, "friends" : 547}'
SERIAL A pseudo-type that combines an integer type with a DEFAULT expression. 148591304110702593
STRING A string of Unicode characters. 'a1b2c3'
TIME
TIMETZ
TIME stores a time of day in UTC.
TIMETZ converts TIME values with a specified time zone offset from UTC.
TIME '01:23:45.123456'
TIMETZ '01:23:45.123456-5:00'
TIMESTAMP
TIMESTAMPTZ
TIMESTAMP stores a date and time pairing in UTC.
TIMESTAMPTZ converts TIMESTAMP values with a specified time zone offset from UTC.
TIMESTAMP '2016-01-25 10:10:10'
TIMESTAMPTZ '2016-01-25 10:10:10-05:00'
UUID A 128-bit hexadecimal value. 7f9c24e8-3b12-4fef-91e0-56a2d5a246ec

Data type conversions and casts

CockroachDB supports explicit type conversions using the following methods:

  • <type> 'string literal', to convert from the literal representation of a value to a value of that type. For example: DATE '2008-12-21', INT '123', or BOOL 'true'.

  • <value>::<data type>, or its equivalent longer form CAST(<value> AS <data type>), which converts an arbitrary expression of one built-in type to another (this is also known as type coercion or "casting"). For example: NOW()::DECIMAL, VARIANCE(a+2)::INT.

    Tip:

    To create constant values, consider using a type annotation instead of a cast, as it provides more predictable results.

  • Other built-in conversion functions when the type is not a SQL type, for example from_ip(), to_ip() to convert IP addresses between STRING and BYTES values.

CockroachDB also supports implicit casting from string literals to arrays of all data types except the following:

For an example, see Implicit casting to ARRAYs.

You can find each data type's supported conversion and casting on its respective page in its section Supported casting & conversion.


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