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title: "What are SQL Data Types?"  
description: "What are SQL Data Types?"  
author: "ICSM Computer"  
published: 2025-08-18  
updated: 2025-08-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34355/what-are-sql-data-types  
category: "SQL Server"  
tags: ["sql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are SQL Data Types?

[SQL data types](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/563/sql-data-types) define the type of values that can be stored in a column or variable.

**Example:** `INT`, `VARCHAR`, `DATE`, `DECIMAL`, etc. There may be slight differences in the supported types in each RDBMS (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL).

## Answers

### Answer by ICSM Computer

[SQL data types](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/563/sql-data-types) define the type of values that can be stored in a column or variable.

**Example:** `INT`, `VARCHAR`, `DATE`, `DECIMAL`, etc. There may be slight differences in the supported types in each RDBMS (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL).


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