SQL Server Data Types Tips

Learning SQL Server Data Types? Check out these valuable tips, tutorials, how-to's, scripts, and more ideal for SQL Server Developers.

SubCategory	Tip Title	Author
All Tips	Comparison of the VARCHAR(max) and VARCHAR(n) SQL Server Data Types	Daniel Farina
Comparison	Money and Decimal Data Types for Monetary Values with SQL Server	Rick Dobson
Conversions	Decimal Conversions in SQL Server Change Datatype Format	Thomas LaRock
Cross Platform	Comparing SQL Server and Oracle datatypes	Ben Snaidero
Data	Overview of SQL Server sql_variant Data Type	Daniel Farina
Data	Precision and Scale Impact for SQL Server Data Types	Dallas Snider
Data	SQL Server Bit Data Type	Sergey Gigoyan
Data	Using bit columns with NULLs when three options exist in SQL Server	Brent Shaub
Development	SQL Server differences of char, nchar, varchar and nvarchar data types	Sherlee Dizon
Functions	How to get length of Text, NText and Image columns in SQL Server	Greg Robidoux
Hierarchies	SQL Server Data Type Precedence	Armando Prato
Import and Export	Handling error converting data type varchar to numeric in SQL Server	Tim Smith
Overview	SQL Server Data Types Quick Reference Guide	Joe Gavin
Performance	Comparing SQL Server Datatypes, Size and Performance for Storing Numbers	Tim Wiseman
Performance	SQL Server Performance Test for Bit Data Type in a WHERE Clause	Dallas Snider
Security	Security for SQL Server User Defined Data Types	Chad Churchwell
Troubleshooting	Always use the right case for data type names in SQL Server	Aaron Bertrand
Troubleshooting	Row sizes exceeding 8060 bytes in Sql 2005	Chad Boyd

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