DATA TYPE Size RANGES PURPOSE OF DATATYPE

INT 4 bytes -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 Integer values

SMALLINT 2 bytes -32,768 to 32,767 Small integer values
-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to
BIGINT 8 bytes 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 Large integer values
Depends on Fixed-point number with user-
DECIMAL precision Depends on precision specified precision
Depends on Exact numeric values with user-
NUMERIC precision Depends on precision specified precision
-1.79E+308 to -2.23E-308, 0 and 2.23E-308
FLOAT 8 bytes to 1.79E+308 Floating-point number
Single-precision floating-point
REAL 4 bytes -3.40E+38 to 3.40E+38 number
Double-precision floating-point
DOUBLE 8 bytes -1.79E+308 to 1.79E+308 number
CHAR Up to 8,000 bytes Up to 8,000 characters Fixed-length character string
VARCHAR Up to 8,000 bytes Up to 8,000 characters Variable-length character string
Up to 2^31 - 1 Variable-length character string
TEXT bytes (2 GB) Up to 2^31 - 1 characters with maximum size
DATE 3 bytes January 1, 1753, to December 31, 9999 Date values
00:00:00.0000000 through
TIME 3 to 5 bytes 23:59:59.9999999 Time values
January 1, 1753, through December 31,
DATETIME 8 bytes 9999 Date and time values
January 1, 1970, through December 31,
TIMESTAMP 8 bytes 9999 Date and time values (UTC)
BOOLEAN 1 byte True or False Boolean values
BLOB Varies Varies Binary large object
BINARY Up to 8,000 bytes Up to 8,000 bytes Fixed-length binary string
VARBINARY Up to 8,000 bytes Up to 8,000 bytes Variable-length binary string
BIT 1 bit 0 or 1 Binary data (0 or 1)