| Data Types |
Description |
| bigint |
Integer data from -2^63 through 2^63-1 |
| int |
Integer data from -2^31 through 2^31 - 1 |
| smallint |
Integer data from -2^15 through 2^15 - 1 |
| tinyint |
Integer data from 0 through 255 |
| bit |
Integer data with either a 1 or 0 value |
| decimal |
Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 -1 |
| numeric |
Fixed precision and scale numeric data from -10^38 +1 through 10^38 -1 |
| money |
Monetary data values from -2^63 through 2^63 - 1 |
| smallmoney |
Monetary data values from -214,748.3648 through +214,748.3647 |
| float |
Floating precision number data from -1.79E + 308 through 1.79E + 308 |
| real |
Floating precision number data from -3.40E + 38 through 3.40E + 38 |
| datetime |
Date and time data from January 1, 1753, through December 31, 9999,
with an accuracy of 3.33 milliseconds |
| smalldatetime |
Date and time data from January 1, 1900, through June 6, 2079,
with an accuracy of one minute |
| char |
Fixed-length character data with a maximum length of 8,000 characters |
| varchar |
Variable-length data with a maximum of 8,000 characters |
| text |
Variable-length data with a maximum length of 2^31 - 1 characters |
| 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 |
| ntext |
Variable-length Unicode data with a maximum length of 2^30 - 1 characters |
| 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 |
| image |
Variable-length binary data with a maximum length of 2^31 - 1 bytes |
| cursor |
A reference to a cursor |
| sql_variant |
A data type that stores values of various data types,
except text, ntext, timestamp, and sql_variant |
| table |
A special data type used to store a result set for later processing |
| timestamp |
A database-wide unique number that gets updated every time
a row gets updated |
| uniqueidentifier |
A globally unique identifier |
