Database Toolbox

Data Types

You can import the following data types into MATLAB and export them back to your database:

• BOOLEAN
• CHAR
• DATE
• DECIMAL
• DOUBLE
• FLOAT
• INTEGER
• NUMERIC
• REAL
• SMALLINT
• TIME
• TIMESTAMP
• TINYINT
• VARCHAR

Any other type of data that is imported is treated as a VARCHAR by MATLAB. If you import a data type that cannot be treated as a VARCHAR, you see an unsupported data message from MATLAB.

If you try to export types of MATLAB data not on this list to a database, you see a syntax error from the database.

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Installing the Database Toolbox