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MySQL Datatypes

MySQL data types define the kind of data that can be stored in a column, categorized into String, Numeric, Date and time, and Binary types. String datatypes include fixed-length and variable-length strings, with specific types like CHAR, VARCHAR, ENUM, SET, and various TEXT types, each having different size limits. Fixed-length strings are manipulated faster than variable-length strings.

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MySQL Datatypes

MySQL data types define the kind of data that can be stored in a column, categorized into String, Numeric, Date and time, and Binary types. String datatypes include fixed-length and variable-length strings, with specific types like CHAR, VARCHAR, ENUM, SET, and various TEXT types, each having different size limits. Fixed-length strings are manipulated faster than variable-length strings.

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MySQL data types

• datatypes are rules that define what data may be


stored in a column and how that data is actually
stored.
• Major MySQL datatypes are
▫ String
▫ Numeric
▫ Date and time
▫ Binary
String Datatypes

• Fixed-length strings :
▫ fixed number of characters.
• variable-length strings:
▫ text of variable length

• manipulate fixed length faster than variable


length.
String datatypes
Datatype Description
Char Fixed-length string from 1- 255 Chars long. size must be
specified at create time.

VARCHAR same as Char but the size is maximum.


Enum Accepts one of a predefined set of upto 64K strings.
SET Accepts zero or more of a predefined set of upto 64K strings.
TEXT variable length string with the maximum size of 64 K
MEDIUMTEXT TEXT with maximum size of 16K
TINYTEXT TEXT with maximum size of 255 BYTES
LONGTEXT TEXT with maximum size of 4GB

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