Data Types MySQL Tutorial

Datatype Description Example:
INTNumeric entryid INT
VARCHAR(n)Text string of characters up to n with a maximim of 255 charactersmyVarChar VARCHAR(20)
CHAR(n)Text string with specific number (n) of characters.myChar CHAR(30)
TEXTHolds between 255 - 65535 charactersmyText TEXT
DATEThe date stored in the format YYYY-MM-DDmyDate DATE
TIMEThe time stored in the format HH:MM:SSmyTime TIME
The syntax for defining a field and datatype is 'fieldname datatype'.
If string length in CHAR(n) Column is less than 'n' then the string is padded by spaces (spaces are removed when data is retrieved).
n for CHAR(n) is 255 Maximum.