Amazon Redshift will no longer support the use of Python UDFs after June 30, 2026.
We will start enforcing it in phases. For more information on the details of Python end of life
and migration options, see the
blog post
Data type conversions
The Amazon Redshift JDBC driver version 2.x supports many common data formats, converting between Amazon Redshift, SQL, and Java data types.
The following table lists the supported data type mappings.
| Amazon Redshift type | SQL type | Java type |
|---|---|---|
|
BIGINT |
SQL_BIGINT |
Long |
|
BOOLEAN |
SQL_BIT |
Boolean |
|
CHAR |
SQL_CHAR |
String |
|
DATE |
SQL_TYPE_DATE |
java.sql.Date |
|
DECIMAL |
SQL_NUMERIC |
BigDecimal |
|
DOUBLE PRECISION |
SQL_DOUBLE |
Double |
|
GEOMETRY |
SQL_ LONGVARBINARY |
byte[] |
|
INTEGER |
SQL_INTEGER |
Integer |
|
OID |
SQL_BIGINT |
Long |
|
SUPER |
SQL_LONGVARCHAR |
String |
|
REAL |
SQL_REAL |
Float |
|
SMALLINT |
SQL_SMALLINT |
Short |
|
TEXT |
SQL_VARCHAR |
String |
|
TIME |
SQL_TYPE_TIME |
java.sql.Time |
|
TIMETZ |
SQL_TYPE_TIME |
java.sql.Time |
|
TIMESTAMP |
SQL_TYPE_ TIMESTAMP |
java.sql.Timestamp |
|
TIMESTAMPTZ |
SQL_TYPE_ TIMESTAMP |
java.sql.Timestamp |
|
VARCHAR |
SQL_VARCHAR |
String |