Data Types

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

SAMPLE

string

Represents character strings.

Lazy fox

byte

Represents an integer with a minimum value of -128 and maximum of 127.

101

short

Represents an integer with a minimum value of -32768 and maximum of 32767.

-5407

integer

Represents an integer with a minimum value of -2147483648 and maximum of 2147483647.

257954

long

Represents an integer with a minimum value of -9223372036854775808 and maximum of 9223372036854775807.

45389658964

decimal

Represents money amount. The value will contain . (point) as a decimal separator if necessary and will not contain a thousands separator.

1234.56

boolean

Represents Boolean values, which are either true or false.

true

GUID

UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) according to RFC 4122

The value can be specified without {} and –

{3F2504E0-4F89-41D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301}

dateTime

Represents a specific instance of time.

The pattern for dateTime is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss where yyyy represents the year, MM the month, and dd the day. T is the date/time separator and HH, mm, and ss represent hour (in 24 hour format), minute, and second, respectively.

2014-03-21T17:23:57