Pitney Bowes MapXtreme - Manual (Page 155)

Chapter 8: Working with Data
Catalog and Tables
MapXtreme v7.1 162 Developer Guide
Supported data types include:
Data Type Description
Int Provides a 32-bit signed integer. This maps to the .NET Framework datatype
Int32.
SmallInt Provides a 16-bit signed integer. This maps to the .NET Framework datatype
Int16.
Double A floating point number within the range of -1.79E +308 through 1.79E +308.
This maps to Double.
dBaseDecimal Provides a floating point number which is treated internally the same as a
Double. The dBaseDecimal has a fixed precision and scale when persisted in
a table. This is a legacy data type derived, as its name suggests, from the
dBase file formats. This maps to Double.
Boolean Provides a boolean value. This maps to Boolean.
String Provides a variable-length, null terminated UNICODE string value. This maps
to String.
Date * † Provides a date value. The Date type is implemented as a structure in the
MapInfo.Data namespace, beginning with MapXtreme v 6.8. Previously it was
mapped to System.DateTime.
DateTime * ‡ Provides a combined date and time value. The DateTime type is mapped to
System.DateTime.
Time Provides a time value. Supports the Time type in MapInfo Professional tables
(TAB files) version 9.0 and later. The Time type is implemented as a structure
in the MapInfo.Data namespace.
FeatureGeometry Provides a FeatureGeometry.
Binary Provides an array of binary data. This maps to an Array of Byte values.
Key Provides a key from a table. This is the data type of the Key pseudo column
on a Table.
CoordSys Provides a coordinate system. This type exists only for the purposes of
binding a coordinate system object to an MICommand for functions which
require the specification of a coordinate system.
Style Provides an instance of a Style class. See MapInfo.Styles.Style. This is the
data type of the Style object stored in the style column on a Table.
Raster Provides a RasterInfo from table's raster column. This is the data type of the
RasterInfo object stored in raster column on a Table.