BINARY Type

Overview

Fixed-length string for binary data with limit up to 255 bytes.

USAGE

BINARY[(<number_of_bytes_per_value>)]

DETAILS

Data Type

Minimum Number of Bytes

Maximum Number of Bytes

BINARY

0 (if omitted, the default is 1)

255

SYNONYMS

SCHEMA

PARAMETERS

SKYSQL

PRIVILEGES

EXAMPLES

BINARY

Example of BINARY:

CREATE TABLE binary_example (
   description VARCHAR(20),
   example BINARY(255)
) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; -- One byte per char makes the examples clearer
INSERT INTO binary_example VALUES
   ('Normal foo', 'foo'),
   ('Trailing spaces foo', 'foo      '),
   ('NULLed', NULL),
   ('Empty', ''),
   ('Maximum', RPAD('', 255, CHAR(7)));
SELECT description, LENGTH(example) AS length
   FROM binary_example;
+---------------------+--------+
| description         | length |
+---------------------+--------+
| Normal foo          |    255 |
| Trailing spaces foo |    255 |
| NULLed              |   NULL |
| Empty               |    255 |
| Maximum             |    255 |
+---------------------+--------+

Data Too Long

When SQL_MODE is strict (the default) a value is considered "too long" when its length exceeds the size of the data type, and an error is generated.

Example of data too long behavior for BINARY:

TRUNCATE binary_example;

INSERT INTO binary_example VALUES
   ('Overflow', RPAD('', 256, CHAR(7)));
ERROR 1406 (22001): [7177] Data truncation: Data too long for column "example"

ERROR HANDLING

FEATURE INTERACTION

RESPONSES

DIAGNOSIS

ISO 9075:2016

CHANGE HISTORY

Release Series

History

23.09

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 23.09.1.

6.1

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 6.1.0.

6.0

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 6.0.3.

5.3

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 5.3.13.

Release Series

History

6.0

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 6.0.3.

5.3

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 5.3.13.

Release Series

History

6.1

  • Present starting in MariaDB Xpand 6.1.0.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES