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This data type is called an int in both Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Express and is
called a number(30,0) in Oracle.
A binary(n) is an array of bytes, n bytes in length.
This data type is called a raw in Oracle.
A varbinary(n) is a variable length array of bytes, with a maximum length of n.
A GUID is equivalent to Uniqueidentifier in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000, and Microsoft
SQL Express. In Oracle, it is a raw(18).
A char(n) is a character string of length n.
A nvarchar(n) is a variable length character string, with a maximum length of n.
This data type is called a varchar2 in Oracle.
Text is character data greater than 255 characters, stored in linked lists of 2 KB data pages.
Numeric(p,s) is numeric data with fixed precision (p) and scale (s). The storage is based on the
precision.
This data type is called a number in Oracle.
A DateTime is the date and time.
This data type is called a date in Oracle.
The status of nulls. A "No" in the Null column indicates that a null is not allowed; the absence
of a "No" means a null is allowed.
A description of the column.
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