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SQL Data Types

It specifie what type of data an object have. SQL Each column, variable and expression has a related data type.After creating your tables You can use these data types.


Numeric Data Types



  • bigint-Allows whole numbers between -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 and 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

  • int-Allows whole numbers between -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647

  • smallint-Allows whole numbers between -32,768 and 32,767

  • tinyint- Allows whole numbers from 0 to 255

  • bit-Integer that can be 0, 1, or NULL

  • decimal-Fixed precision and scale numbers. Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 â??1.

  • numeric-Fixed precision and scale numbers. Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 â??1.

  • money-Monetary data from -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807

  • smallmoney-Monetary data from -214,748.3648 to 214,748.3647

  • float-Floating precision number data from -1.79E + 308 to 1.79E + 308.

  • real- Floating precision number data from -3.40E + 38 to 3.40E + 38



    • Date Time Data Types



  • datetime-From January 1, 1753 to December 31, 9999 with an accuracy of 3.33 milliseconds

  • datetime2-From January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999 with an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds

  • smalldatetime-From January 1, 1900 to June 6, 2079 with an accuracy of 1 minute

  • date-Store a date only. From January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999

  • time-Store a time only to an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds

  • datetimeoffset- The same as datetime2 with the addition of a time zone offset

  • timestamp-Stores a unique number that gets updated every time a row gets created or modified. The timestamp value is based upon an internal clock and does not correspond to real time. Each table may have only one timestamp variable



    • TEXT Data Types



  • CHAR(size)-Holds a fixed length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The fixed size is specified in parenthesis. Can store up to 255 characters

  • VARCHAR(size)-Holds a variable length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The maximum size is specified in parenthesis. Can store up to 255 characters. Note: If you put a greater value than 255 it will be converted to a TEXT type

  • TINYTEXT-Holds a string with a maximum length of 255 characters

  • TEXT -Holds a string with a maximum length of 65,535 characters

  • BLOB-For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 65,535 bytes of data

  • MEDIUMTEXT-Holds a string with a maximum length of 16,777,215 characters

  • MEDIUMBLOB-For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 16,777,215 bytes of data

  • LONGTEXT-Holds a string with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 characters

  • LONGBLOB-For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 4,294,967,295 bytes of data

  • ENUM-Let you enter a list of possible values. You can list up to 65535 values in an ENUM list. If a value is inserted that is not in the list, a blank value will be inserted.

  • SET-Similar to ENUM except that SET may contain up to 64 list items and can store more than one choice
















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