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Data Types

The document describes the different data types available in SQL Server, including integer, numeric, character, date/time, and other types. It provides the acceptable value ranges and other defining characteristics for each data type, such as maximum length for character types and precision for numeric types. Data types include smallint for small integers, varchar for variable-length character strings, datetime for dates and times, and uniqueidentifier for globally unique IDs.

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Data Types

The document describes the different data types available in SQL Server, including integer, numeric, character, date/time, and other types. It provides the acceptable value ranges and other defining characteristics for each data type, such as maximum length for character types and precision for numeric types. Data types include smallint for small integers, varchar for variable-length character strings, datetime for dates and times, and uniqueidentifier for globally unique IDs.

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Data Types Description

Integer data from -2^63 through 2^63-1 (-9223372036854775808 to


bigint
9223372036854775807)
int Integer data from -2^31 through 2^31 - 1 (-2147483648 to 2147483647)
smallint Integer data from -2^15 through 2^15 - 1 (-32768 to 32767)
tinyint Integer data from 0 through 255
bit Integer data with either a 1 or 0 value
decimal Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 -1
numeric Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 -1
money Monetary data values from -2^63 through 2^63 - 1
smallmoney Monetary data values from -214,748.3648 through +214,748.3647
float Floating precision number data from -1.79E + 308 through 1.79E + 308
real Floating precision number data from -3.40E + 38 through 3.40E + 38
Date and time data from January 1, 1753, through December 31, 9999,
datetime
with an accuracy of 3.33 milliseconds
Date and time data from January 1, 1900, through June 6, 2079,
smalldatetime
with an accuracy of one minute
char Fixed-length character data with a maximum length of 8,000 characters
varchar Variable-length data with a maximum of 8,000 characters
text Variable-length data with a maximum length of 2^31 - 1 characters
nchar Fixed-length Unicode data with a maximum length of 4,000 characters
nvarchar Variable-length Unicode data with a maximum length of 4,000 characters
ntext Variable-length Unicode data with a maximum length of 2^30 - 1 characters
binary Fixed-length binary data with a maximum length of 8,000 bytes
varbinary Variable-length binary data with a maximum length of 8,000 bytes
image Variable-length binary data with a maximum length of 2^31 - 1 bytes
cursor A reference to a cursor
A data type that stores values of various data types,
sql_variant
except text, ntext, timestamp, and sql_variant
table A special data type used to store a result set for later processing
A database-wide unique number that gets updated every time
timestamp
a row gets updated
uniqueidentifier A globally unique identifier

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