| MySQL Type Name | Return value ofGetColumnClassName | Returned as Java Class |
| BIT(1) (new in MySQL-5.0) | BIT | java.lang.Boolean |
| BIT( > 1) (new in MySQL-5.0) | BIT | byte[] |
| TINYINT | TINYINT | java.lang.Boolean if the configuration property tinyInt1isBit is set to true(the default) and the storage size is 1, orjava.lang.Integer if not. |
| BOOL, BOOLEAN | TINYINT | See TINYINT, above as these are aliases forTINYINT(1), currently. |
| SMALLINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] | SMALLINT [UNSIGNED] | java.lang.Integer (regardless if UNSIGNED or not) |
| MEDIUMINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] | MEDIUMINT [UNSIGNED] | java.lang.Integer, if UNSIGNEDjava.lang.Long |
| INT,INTEGER[(M)] [UNSIGNED] | INTEGER [UNSIGNED] | java.lang.Integer, if UNSIGNEDjava.lang.Long |
| BIGINT[(M)] [UNSIGNED] | BIGINT [UNSIGNED] | java.lang.Long, if UNSIGNEDjava.math.BigInteger |
| FLOAT[(M,D)] | FLOAT | java.lang.Float |
| DOUBLE[(M,B)] | DOUBLE | java.lang.Double |
| DECIMAL[(M[,D])] | DECIMAL | java.math.BigDecimal |
| DATE | DATE | java.sql.Date |
| DATETIME | DATETIME | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TIMESTAMP[(M)] | TIMESTAMP | java.sql.Timestamp |
| TIME | TIME | java.sql.Time |
| YEAR[(2|4)] | YEAR | If yearIsDateType configuration property is set to false, then the returned object type isjava.sql.Short. If set to true (the default) then an object of type java.sql.Date (with the date set to January 1st, at midnight). |
| CHAR(M) | CHAR | java.lang.String (unless the character set for the column is BINARY, then byte[]is returned. |
| VARCHAR(M) [BINARY] | VARCHAR | java.lang.String (unless the character set for the column is BINARY, then byte[]is returned. |
| BINARY(M) | BINARY | byte[] |
| VARBINARY(M) | VARBINARY | byte[] |
| TINYBLOB | TINYBLOB | byte[] |
| TINYTEXT | VARCHAR | java.lang.String |
| BLOB | BLOB | byte[] |
| TEXT | VARCHAR | java.lang.String |
| MEDIUMBLOB | MEDIUMBLOB | byte[] |
| MEDIUMTEXT | VARCHAR | java.lang.String |
| LONGBLOB | LONGBLOB | byte[] |
| LONGTEXT | VARCHAR | java.lang.String |
| ENUM('value1','value2',...) | CHAR | java.lang.String |
| SET('value1','value2',...) | CHAR | java.lang.String |