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SQL Server Data Types

This document summarizes the data types available in SQL Server 2005 and 2000, including numeric, datetime, character string, binary string, and other data types. It provides the minimum and maximum ranges for exact and approximate numeric types like bigint, int, float, and real. Character string types include char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, and ntext. Binary string types covered are binary, varbinary, and image. Other types discussed are sql_variant, timestamp, uniqueidentifier, xml, cursor, and table.

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SQL Server Data Types

This document summarizes the data types available in SQL Server 2005 and 2000, including numeric, datetime, character string, binary string, and other data types. It provides the minimum and maximum ranges for exact and approximate numeric types like bigint, int, float, and real. Character string types include char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, and ntext. Binary string types covered are binary, varbinary, and image. Other types discussed are sql_variant, timestamp, uniqueidentifier, xml, cursor, and table.

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SQL Server Data Types and Ranges (SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000)

Applies to: SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005

Exact numerics
Type From To
bigint -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
int -2,147,483,648 2,147,483,647
smallint -32,768 32,767
tinyint 0 255
bit 0 1
decimal -10^38 +1 10^38 –1
numeric -10^38 +1 10^38 –1
money -922,337,203,685,477.5808 +922,337,203,685,477.5807
smallmoney -214,748.3648 +214,748.3647
numeric and decimal are Fixed precision and scale data types and are functionally
equivalent.

Approximate numerics
Type From To
float -1.79E + 308 1.79E + 308
real -3.40E + 38 3.40E + 38

datetime and smalldatetime


Type From To
datetime (3.33 milliseconds accuracy) Jan 1, 1753 Dec 31, 9999
smalldatetime (1 minute accuracy) Jan 1, 1900 Jun 6, 2079
Character Strings
Type Description
char Fixed-length non-Unicode character data with a maximum length of
8,000 characters.
varchar Variable-length non-Unicode data with a maximum of 8,000
characters.
varchar(max) Variable-length non-Unicode data with a maximum length of 231
characters (SQL Server 2005 only).
text Variable-length non-Unicode data with a maximum length of
2,147,483,647 characters.

Unicode Character Strings


Type Description
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.
nvarchar(max) Variable-length Unicode data with a maximum length of 230
characters (SQL Server 2005 only).
ntext Variable-length Unicode data with a maximum length of
1,073,741,823 characters.

Binary Strings
Type Description
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.
Variable-length binary data with a maximum length of 231 bytes
varbinary(max)
(SQL Server 2005 only).
Variable-length binary data with a maximum length of
image
2,147,483,647 bytes.

Other Data Types


• sql_variant: Stores values of various SQL Server-supported data types, except
text, ntext, and timestamp.
• timestamp: Stores a database-wide unique number that gets updated every
time a row gets updated.
• uniqueidentifier: Stores a globally unique identifier (GUID).
• xml: Stores XML data. You can store xml instances in a column or a variable
(SQL Server 2005 only).
• cursor: A reference to a cursor.
• table: Stores a result set for later processing.

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