Binary data types

Binary data is entered as hexadecimal strings. Each byte is represented as two hexdigits. You must enter an even number of hexadecimal digits.

Example: 1F is the binary representation of a byte containing the decimal value 31.

Data type Description
Binary Fixed length binary data. Exactly the number of bytes specified must be entered for the value to be accepted.
Varbinary,
Binary varying
Variable length binary data.
Blob,
Binary large obejct
Variable length binary data.

See Also
Date, time, timestamp data types
Other data types









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