Supported Types#

Standard Types#

Most of the standard types with partial support are missing some functionality regarding their parameters. Length and precision parameters are enforced for many types (for example char and varchar lengths), but some parameters (such as timestamp precision) may not be fully enforced yet.

SQL Type NameSupportedAliases
bit✅
bit[]✅
boolean✅
boolean[]✅
box❌
box[]❌
bytea✅
bytea[]✅
“char”✅
char✅character
char[]✅character[]
cidr❌
cidr[]❌
circle❌
circle[]❌
date✅
date[]✅
datemultirange❌
daterange❌
float4✅real
float4[]✅real[]
float8✅double precision
float8[]✅double precision[]
inet❌
inet[]❌
int2✅smallint
int2vector✅
int2[]✅smallint[]
int4✅int, integer
int4[]✅int[], integer[]
int4multirange❌
int4range❌
int8✅bigint
int8[]✅bigint[]
int8multirange❌
int8range❌
interval✅
interval[]✅
json✅
json[]✅
jsonb✅
jsonb[]✅
line❌
line[]❌
lseg❌
lseg[]❌
macaddr❌
macaddr8❌
macaddr8[]❌
macaddr[]❌
money❌
money[]❌
name✅
numeric✅decimal
numeric[]✅decimal[]
nummultirange❌
numrange❌
path❌
path[]❌
point❌
point[]❌
polygon❌
polygon[]❌
serial2✅smallserial
serial4✅serial
serial8✅bigserial
text✅
text[]✅
time✅time without time zone
time[]✅time without time zone[]
timestamp✅timestamp without time zone
timestamp[]✅timestamp without time zone[]
timestamptz✅timestamp with time zone
timestamptz[]✅timestamp with time zone[]
timetz✅time with time zone
timetz[]✅time with time zone[]
tsmultirange❌
tsquery❌
tsquery[]❌
tsrange❌
tstzmultirange❌
tstzrange❌
tsvector❌
tsvector[]❌
uuid✅
uuid[]✅
varbit✅bit varying
varbit[]✅bit varying[]
varchar✅character varying
varchar[]✅character varying[]
xml❌
xml[]❌

Pseudo-Types#

SQL Type NameSupportedNotes and limitations
any✅
anyarray✅
anycompatible❌
anycompatiblearray❌
anycompatiblemultirange❌
anycompatiblenonarray❌
anycompatiblerange❌
anyelement✅
anyenum✅
anymultirange❌
anynonarray✅
anyrange❌
cstring✅
event_trigger❌
fdw_handler❌
index_am_handler❌
internal✅
language_handler❌
pg_ddl_command❌
record✅
table_am_handler❌
trigger✅
tsm_handler❌
unknown✅Used internally for values whose type cannot be determined; not intended for direct use
void✅

OID Alias Types#

See detailed list in the Postgres docs.

SQL Type NameSupportedNotes and limitations
oid✅
oidvector✅
cid✅
tid✅
xid✅The type works, but Doltgres does not expose real transaction IDs; the xmin/xmax system columns always return 0
regclass✅
regcollation❌
regconfig❌
regdictionary❌
regnamespace❌
regoper❌
regoperator❌
regproc✅
regprocedure❌
regrole❌
regtype✅