SQL data types

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Name	SQL data types
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Types used in SQL databases.

ANSI SQL

Character strings

• CHARACTER
• VARCHAR
• NCHAR
• NVARCHAR

Sequences of bits

• BIT
• BIT VARYING

Numeric

• INTEGER
• SMALLINT
• BIGINT
• FLOAT
• REAL
• DOUBLE PRECISION
• NUMERIC

Time

• DATE
• TIME
• TIMESTAMP
• TIMETZ
• TIMESTAMPTZ

Null

There is a special value NULL, which means the lack of any value in the column.