Data Types

DATA TYPES 

1. standardized representation for a particular kind of data.
2. indicates the potential range of values we can store and the operations we could perform with them.

Kinds of Data Types:

• CURRENCY : -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807 with four decimal digits of fixed precision.
• DATETIME: Valid dates are all dates after January 1, 1900. 
• LOGICAL/Boolean – true or false
• NUMBER
  – Whole Number from (-2^63) to (2^63-1)
  – Decimal Number -1.79E +308 through -2.23E - 308, 0, 2.23E -308 through 1.79E + 308
• TEXT: 268,435,456 Unicode characters

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