SQL basics- complete reference guide - part3 - Data Types in SQL

Part3: SQL Data Types Reference

TOPIC	TEXT	SYNTAX	Example
INT Type	Possible values: -2147483648 to 2147483647.	INT | INTEGER | MEDIUMINT | INT4 | SIGNED
BOOLEAN Type	Possible values: TRUE and FALSE.	BOOLEAN | BIT | BOOL
TINYINT Type	Possible values are: -128 to 127.	TINYINT
SMALLINT Type	Possible values: -32768 to 32767.	SMALLINT | INT2 | YEAR
BIGINT Type	Possible values: -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807.	BIGINT | INT8
IDENTITY Type	Auto-Increment value.	IDENTITY
DECIMAL Type	Data type with fixed precision and scale.	{ DECIMAL | NUMBER | DEC | NUMERIC } ( precisionInt [ , scaleInt ] )
DOUBLE Type	Floating point number.	{ DOUBLE [ PRECISION ] | FLOAT | FLOAT4 | FLOAT8 }
REAL Type	Single precision floating point number.	REAL
TIME Type	The format is hh:mm:ss.	TIME
DATE Type	The format is yyyy-MM-dd.	DATE
TIMESTAMP Type	The format is yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss[.	{ TIMESTAMP | DATETIME | SMALLDATETIME }
BINARY Type	Represents a byte array.	{ BINARY | VARBINARY | LONGVARBINARY | RAW | BYTEA } [ ( precisionInt ) ]
OTHER Type	This type allows storing serialized Java objects.	OTHER
VARCHAR Type	Unicode String.	{ VARCHAR | LONGVARCHAR | VARCHAR2 | NVARCHAR     | NVARCHAR2 | VARCHAR_CASESENSITIVE}  [ ( precisionInt ) ]
VARCHAR_IGNORECASE Type	Same as VARCHAR, but not case sensitive when comparing.	VARCHAR_IGNORECASE [ ( precisionInt ) ]
CHAR Type	This type is supported for compatibility with other databases and older applications.	{ CHAR | CHARACTER | NCHAR } [ ( precisionInt ) ]
BLOB Type	Like BINARY, but intended for very large values such as files or images.	{ BLOB | TINYBLOB | MEDIUMBLOB | LONGBLOB | IMAGE | OID } [ ( precisionInt ) ]
CLOB Type	CLOB is like VARCHAR, but intended for very large values.	{ CLOB | TINYTEXT | TEXT | MEDIUMTEXT | LONGTEXT | NTEXT | NCLOB } [ ( precisionInt ) ]
UUID Type	Universally unique identifier.	UUID
ARRAY Type	An array of values.	ARRAY