We have 3 main types of data types-
String Data Types:
Datatype Description
CHAR(size) A FIXED length string (can contain letters, numbers, and
special characters). The size parameter specifies the
column length in characters - can be from 0 to 255.
Default is 1
VARCHAR(size) A VARIABLE length string (can contain letters, numbers,
and special characters). The size parameter specifies the
maximum column length in characters - can be from 0 to
65535
BINARY(size) Equal to CHAR(), but stores binary byte strings. The size
parameter specifies the column length in bytes. Default is
1
VARBINARY(size) Equal to VARCHAR(), but stores binary byte strings. The
size parameter specifies the maximum column length in
bytes.
Numeric Data Types:
Datatype Description
BIT(size) A bit-value type. The number of bits per value is specified
in size. The size parameter can hold a value from 1 to 64.
The default value for size is 1.
TINYINT(size) A very small integer. Signed range is from -128 to 127.
Unsigned range is from 0 to 255. The size parameter
specifies the maximum display width (which is 255)
BOOLEAN Zero is considered as false, nonzero values are
(Not in MySQL) considered as true.
INT(size)/ Signed range is from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
INTEGER(size) Unsigned range is from 0 to 4294967295. The size
parameter specifies the maximum display width (which is
255)
FLOAT(p) A floating point number. MySQL uses the p value to
determine whether to use FLOAT or DOUBLE for the
resulting data type. If p is from 0 to 24, the data type
becomes FLOAT(). If p is from 25 to 53, the data type
becomes DOUBLE()
DECIMAL(size, d) An exact fixed-point number. The total number of digits is
specified in size. The number of digits after the decimal
point is specified in the d parameter. The maximum
number for size is 65. The maximum number for d is 30.
The default value for size is 10. The default value for d is
0.
Date and Time Data Types:
Datatype Description
DATE Format: YYYY-MM-DD. The supported range is from
'1000-01-01' to '9999-12-31'
DATETIME A date and time combination. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
hh:mm:ss. The supported range is from '1000-01-01
00:00:00' to '9999-12-31 23:59:59'.
TIME Format: hh:mm:ss. The supported range is from
'-838:59:59' to '838:59:59'
TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP values are stored as the number of seconds
since the Unix epoch ('1970-01-01 00:00:00' UTC).
Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss. The supported range is
from '1970-01-01 00:00:01' UTC to '2038-01-09 03:14:07'
UTC.
