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String Data Types
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String Literals
Strings are sequences of characters and are enclosed with quotes. -
BINARY
Fixed-length binary byte string. -
BLOB
Binary large object up to 65,535 bytes. -
BLOB and TEXT Data Types
Binary large object data types and the corresponding TEXT types. -
CHAR
Fixed-length string. -
CHAR BYTE
Alias for BINARY. -
ENUM
Enumeration, or string object that can have one value chosen from a list of values. -
INET4
For storage of IPv4 addresses. -
INET6
For storage of IPv6 addresses. -
JSON Data Type
Compatibility data type that is an alias for LONGTEXT. -
MEDIUMBLOB
Medium binary large object up to 16,777,215 bytes. -
MEDIUMTEXT
A TEXT column with a maximum length of 16,777,215 characters. -
LONGBLOB
Long BLOB holding up to 4GB. -
LONG and LONG VARCHAR
LONG and LONG VARCHAR are synonyms for MEDIUMTEXT. -
LONGTEXT
A TEXT column with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 characters. -
ROW
Data type for stored procedure variables. -
TEXT
A TEXT column with a maximum length of 65,535 characters. -
TINYBLOB
Tiny binary large object up to 255 bytes. -
TINYTEXT
A TEXT column with a maximum length of 255 characters. -
VARBINARY
Variable-length binary byte string. -
VARCHAR
Variable-length string. -
SET Data Type
Set, or string object that can have 0 or more values chosen from a list of values. -
UUID Data Type
Data type intended for the storage of UUID data. -
Data Type Storage Requirements
Storage requirements for the various data types. -
Supported Character Sets and Collations
MariaDB supports the following character sets and collations. -
Character Sets and Collations
Setting character set and collation for a language.
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