# Data Type Mapping

The following table maps Kafka Connect schema types to the corresponding SingleStore data types:

| **Kafka Connect Schema Type** | **SingleStoreType** |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `INT8`,`BOOLEAN`              | `TINYINT`           |
| `INT16`                       | `SMALLINT`          |
| `INT32`                       | `INT`               |
| `INT64`                       | `BIGINT`            |
| `FLOAT32`                     | `FLOAT`             |
| `FLOAT64`                     | `DOUBLE`            |
| `STRING`                      | `TEXT`              |
| `BYTES`                       | `VARBINARY(1024)`   |
| `ARRAY`                       | `JSON`              |
| `MAP`                         | `JSON`              |
| `STRUCT`                      | `JSON`              |

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Modified at: July 24, 2025

Source: [/cloud/load-data/integrate-with-singlestore-helios/singlestore-kafka-sink-connector/data-type-mapping/](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/load-data/integrate-with-singlestore-helios/singlestore-kafka-sink-connector/data-type-mapping/)

(An index of the documentation is available at /llms.txt)