Webinar | The New MariaDB Enterprise Platform for Agentic AI, Analytics, and Cloud
Register Now
LogoLogo
CtrlK
Download MariaDBContact Us
  • Home
  • MariaDB Platform
  • Server
  • MaxScale
  • Analytics
  • Galera Cluster
  • Connectors
  • Tools
  • MariaDB Cloud
  • Release Notes
  • General Resources
  • MariaDB Server Documentation
  • Quickstart Guides
  • Server Usage
  • Server Management
  • Security
  • Architecture
  • Clients & Utilities
  • HA & Performance
  • Reference
    • SQL Structure
    • SQL Statements
    • SQL Functions
    • Data Types
      • Data Type Storage Requirements
      • AUTO_INCREMENT FAQ
      • AUTO_INCREMENT
      • NULL Values
      • ROW TYPE OF
      • SERIAL
      • TYPE OF
      • Numeric Data Types
      • Date and Time Data Types
      • String Data Types
        • BLOB and TEXT Data Types
        • BINARY
        • BLOB
        • CHAR
        • CHARACTER
        • CHAR BYTE
        • CHAR VARYING
        • CLOB
        • ENUM
        • INET4
        • INET6
        • JSON Data Type
        • LONG and LONG VARCHAR
        • LONG CHAR VARYING
        • LONG CHARACTER VARYING
        • LONG VARBINARY
        • LONG VARCHAR
        • LONG VARCHARACTER
        • LONGBLOB
        • LONGTEXT
        • MEDIUMBLOB
        • MEDIUMTEXT
        • NATIONAL CHAR VARYING
        • NATIONAL CHAR
        • NATIONAL CHARACTER VARYING
        • NATIONAL CHARACTER
        • NATIONAL VARCHAR
        • NATIONAL VARCHARACTER
        • NCHAR VARCHAR
        • NCHAR VARCHARACTER
        • NCHAR VARYING
        • NCHAR
        • RAW
        • ROW
        • SET Data Type
        • TEXT
        • TINYBLOB
        • TINYTEXT
        • UUID Data Type
        • VARBINARY
        • VARCHAR
        • VARCHAR2
        • VARCHARACTER
        • Character Sets and Collations
    • Plugins
    • System Tables
    • Error Codes
    • Client/Server Protocol
Powered by GitBook
On this page

Was this helpful?

  1. Reference
  2. Data Types

String Data Types

Explore string data types in MariaDB Server. This section details various character, binary, and large object types, crucial for storing text and binary data efficiently.

BLOB and TEXT Data TypesBINARYBLOBCHARCHARACTERCHAR BYTECHAR VARYINGCLOBENUMINET4INET6JSON Data TypeLONG and LONG VARCHARLONG CHAR VARYINGLONG CHARACTER VARYINGLONG VARBINARYLONG VARCHARLONG VARCHARACTERLONGBLOBLONGTEXTMEDIUMBLOBMEDIUMTEXTNATIONAL CHAR VARYINGNATIONAL CHARNATIONAL CHARACTER VARYINGNATIONAL CHARACTERNATIONAL VARCHARNATIONAL VARCHARACTERNCHAR VARCHARNCHAR VARCHARACTERNCHAR VARYINGNCHARRAWROWSET Data TypeTEXTTINYBLOBTINYTEXTUUID Data TypeVARBINARYVARCHARVARCHAR2VARCHARACTERCharacter Sets and Collations

Last updated 5 months ago

Was this helpful?

LogoLogo

Products

  • Enterprise Platform
  • Community Server
  • Download MariaDB
  • Pricing

Support

  • Customer Login
  • Technical Support
  • Remote DBA
  • Professional Services

Resources

  • MariaDB Blog
  • Webinars
  • Customer Stories
  • MariaDB Events
  • Documentation
  • Developer Hub

Company

  • About MariaDB
  • Newsroom
  • Leadership
  • MariaDB Careers
  • Legal
  • Privacy Policy

© 2025 MariaDB. All rights reserved.