Treatment of SMALLINT in Java Program

[Mark A]

Does a java program treat a DB2 column defined as SMALLINT any different
than INT?

In other words, if I changed a column from INT to SMALLINT, would that
require any java coding change?

[jefftyzzer]

Re: Treatment of SMALLINT in Java Program

On Jul 22, 10:53 am, "Mark A" <nob...@nowhere .comwrote:

Does a java program treat a DB2 column defined as SMALLINT any different
than INT?
>
In other words, if I changed a column from INT to SMALLINT, would that
require any java coding change?

While IBM recommends that you map INT to int and SMALLINT to short
(http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db...le/dm-0510law/
index.html), as long as your Java data type remains the larger of the
two--namely, int--then there should be no issue with such a change.

--Jeff