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12.05.06
SQL Server 2000 Data Types
 By Chris Kemp
SQL Server requires that each variable and column in a table should be defined with respect to the type of data it will store.
From a bit to a huge image and binary storage types, the allocation is supposed to help the user conform to the data required, and help the engine allocate space and processing speed efficiently.
Built-in data types
SQL Server 2000 recognizes the following built in data types:
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
Click here for a complete list...
How to choose the appropriate data type
SQL Server stores data in data pages that are 8Kb (8192 bytes) in size. The system uses some of that s Sometimes, the system uses only 8060 bytes are availableto that are available to store user's data. Consider the size of a row of data in your tables. If the rows are large, make sure that multiples of the fit conveniently on a data page so that page space is not wasted. This is cut down on disk paging overhead when accessing the data. You want to maximize the number of rows of data which that will fit on a page. This can be accomplished both by splitting the tables, and by choosing the smallest data type which that will accommodate your data. .
In you are using integer data, data; consider that the tinyint datatype will accommodate data which that will fit into one byte of storage. So if the range of all of the data in your field (or variable) is between 0 and 255, use the tinyint datatype. If the range is between -32,768 and 32,767, use the smallint data type. And if If you need to store integer data from -2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647, use int data type.
Similarly with smallmoney. If smallmoney. if your value range is between -214748.3648 and 214,748.3647, use the smallmoney datatype.
Use smalldatetime data type instead of datetime data type, if you need to store the date and time data from January 1, 1900 through June 6, 2079, with accuracy to the minute.
Prefer varchar.nvarchar to text/ntext whenever possible because the text and image fields are stored separately, which produces additional paging. And prefer char/varchar to nchar/nvarchar data types because the n types require twice as much storage space. The n types are used primarily for unicode data.
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