SQL Server Data Types: An Overview

This video is part of LearnItFirst's Transact-SQL Programming: SQL Server 2008/R2 course. More information on this video and course is available here:

http://www.learnitfirst.com/Course/161/SQL-Programming-2008.aspx?an=YouTube

There is a lot to cover in this video, so get comfortable! This is the first of several videos about data types. Here, Scott gives you a high-level overview of data types, beginning with the four main "buckets" that you can use to categorize them: numbers, strings, temporal, and other. Each of these "buckets" will be explained in detail, and will introduce some new terms as well.

Highlights from this video:

* How to categorize data types
* Integer-based and decimal-based data types
* Bits and bytes
* What is meant by "scale" and "precision"?
* What is "Unicode"?

and much more

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sql
• sql server
• 2008
• r2
• instruction
• training
• lesson
• data type
• integer
• decimal
• bits
• bytes
• scale
• precision
• unicode
• numbers
• strings
• temporal