Database-specific data types

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There are a number of data types supported by different databases that do not have a direct equivalent in dBASE Plus. The following list is not exhaustive; a new or upgraded table format may introduce new types. In any case, the type is represented by the closest matching dBASE Plus data type, with the string type being the catchall, since all data can be represented as a bunch of bytes.

The common database-specific types are:

Memo

Binary and OLE