Data types reference

ScopeDB is strongly typed, and each value has a specific data type. The data type of a value determines how it can be used in queries and what operations can be performed on it.

List of data types

Type	Description
int	64-bit integer
uint	64-bit unsigned integer
float	64-bit IEEE 754 floating point number 1
string	UTF-8 encoded string
binary	binary data (byte array)
interval	duration stored as 64-bit nanoseconds
timestamp	UNIX epoch stored as 64-bit nanoseconds
boolean	true or false
array	semi-structured array
object	semi-structured key-value pairs
any	value in any type

For more information about ScopeDB data types, see the following topics:

• Date and time data types
• Semi-structured data type
• Data type conversion

Footnotes

1. ScopeDB's float has a total order. This is in contradiction with the IEEE standard. See comparison operators for more details. ↩