| CHAR(size) |
A FIXED length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The size parameter specifies the column length in characters - can be from 0 to 255. Default is 1 |
| VARCHAR(size) |
A VARIABLE length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The size parameter specifies the maximum column length in characters - can be from 0 to 65535 |
| BINARY(size) |
Equal to CHAR(), but stores binary byte strings. The size parameter specifies the column length in bytes. Default is 1 |
| VARBINARY(size) |
Equal to VARCHAR(), but stores binary byte strings. The size parameter specifies the maximum column length in bytes. |
| TINYBLOB |
For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Max length: 255 bytes |
| TINYTEXT |
Holds a string with a maximum length of 255 characters |
| TEXT(size) |
Holds a string with a maximum length of 65,535 bytes |
| BLOB(size) |
For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 65,535 bytes of data |
| MEDIUMTEXT |
Holds a string with a maximum length of 16,777,215 characters |
| MEDIUMBLOB |
For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 16,777,215 bytes of data |
| LONGTEXT |
Holds a string with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 characters |
| LONGBLOB |
For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 4,294,967,295 bytes of data |
| ENUM(val1, val2, val3, ...) |
A string object that can have only one value, chosen from a list of possible values. You can list up to 65535 values in an ENUM list. If a value is inserted that is not in the list, a blank value will be inserted. The values are sorted in the order you enter them |
| SET(val1, val2, val3, ...) |
A string object that can have 0 or more values, chosen from a list of possible values. You can list up to 64 values in a SET list |