Type conversions between ASL and MODEL

MODEL cannot convert data from one type to another. The types of data available in MODEL are not the same as the types of data available in ASL. Correspondence between types of data in MODEL and ASL shows how types of data in MODEL and ASL correspond.

Table 1. Correspondence between types of data in MODEL and ASL

MODEL	ASL
Numeric (any type)	Numeric (double)
binary	binary
Table	List
Relationship	Object handle
Relationshipset	List of object handles
boolean	boolean
string	string
External (User-defined) Type	string
struct (a structure)	List
enum	string

Note:

There is no MODEL type that corresponds to an ASL table.