Shelley Doll finishes her coverage of SQL data types with an overview of datetime and interval data types. Learn more about the basic syntax of these standard SQL types.

T-SQL has 30 different data types, as listed in Figure 1, in order of decreasing precedence. Generally speaking, when an operator combines two expressions of different data types, the rules for data ...

In this article, author Randal Hoff shows how to use Multi-Record Type pattern to provide both NoSQL and SQL access to c-treeACE data that combines multiple schemas in a single table.

Every column in a table has a name and a data type. The data type tells DB2 how much physical storage to set aside for the column and the form in which the data are stored. DB2 uses IBM SQL data types ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...

The following table shows the default SAS System variable formats that the ACCESS procedure assigns to each Oracle Rdb SQL data type. To calculate some of the SAS formats (for example, (5+n).n), see ...

Assuring data quality should be one of the most important goals for IT professionals. This is truer today than it has ever been as organizations rely on data to power their AI and machine learning ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases.

In response to previous SQL lessons, TechRepublic members including Michael M. and Jason P. have posted comments requesting a basic explanation of the types of JOINs available in SQL.