Data type	Description	Max char length	Storage
char(n)	Fixed-length non-Unicode character data (n must be between 1 and 8000)	8,000	n bytes (uses one byte for each character)
varchar(n)	Variable-length non-Unicode character data (n must be between 1 and 8000)	8,000	n bytes + 2 bytes
varchar(max)	Variable-length non-Unicode character data		up to 2 GB
nchar(n)	Fixed-length Unicode character data (n must be between 1 and 4000)	4,000	2 * n bytes (uses two bytes for each character)
nvarchar(n)	Variable-length Unicode character data (n must be between 1 and 4000)	4,000	2 * n bytes + 2 bytes (uses two bytes for each character)
nvarchar(max)	Variable-length Unicode character data		up to 2 GB
binary(n)	Fixed-length binary data (n must be between 1 and 8000)	8,000	n bytes
varbinary(n)	Variable-length binary data (n must be between 1 and 8000)	8,000	actual length of data entered + 2 bytes
varbinary(max)	Variable-length binary data		2GB

Data type	Description	Storage
bit	Integer that can be 0, 1, or NULL
tinyint	Allows whole numbers from 0 to 255	1 byte
smallint	Allows whole numbers between -32,768 and 32,767	2 bytes
int	Allows whole numbers between -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647	4 bytes
bigint	Allows whole numbers between -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 and 9,223,372,036,854,775,807	8 bytes
decimal(p,s)	Fixed precision and scale numbers. Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 –1. The p parameter indicates the maximum total number of digits that can be stored (both to the left and to the right of the decimal point). p must be a value from 1 to 38. Default is 18. The s parameter indicates the maximum number of digits stored to the right of the decimal point. s must be a value from 0 to p. Default value is 0	5-17 bytes
numeric(p,s)	Fixed precision and scale numbers. Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 –1. The p parameter indicates the maximum total number of digits that can be stored (both to the left and to the right of the decimal point). p must be a value from 1 to 38. Default is 18. The s parameter indicates the maximum number of digits stored to the right of the decimal point. s must be a value from 0 to p. Default value is 0	5-17 bytes
smallmoney	Monetary data from -214,748.3648 to 214,748.3647	4 bytes
money	Monetary data from -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807	8 bytes
float(n)	Floating precision number data from -1.79E + 308 to 1.79E + 308. The n parameter indicates whether the field should hold 4 or 8 bytes. float(24) holds a 4-byte field and float(53) holds an 8-byte field. Default value of n is 53.	4 or 8 bytes
real	Floating precision number data from -3.40E + 38 to 3.40E + 38	4 bytes

Data type	Description	Storage
datetime	From January 1, 1753 to December 31, 9999 with an accuracy of 3.33 milliseconds	8 bytes
datetime2	From January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999 with an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds	6-8 bytes
smalldatetime	From January 1, 1900 to June 6, 2079 with an accuracy of 1 minute	4 bytes
date	Stores a date only. From January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999	3 bytes
time	Stores a time only to an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds	3-5 bytes
datetimeoffset	The same as datetime2 with the addition of a time zone offset	8-10 bytes
timestamp	Stores a unique number that gets updated every time a row gets created or modified. The timestamp value is based upon an internal clock and does not correspond to real time. Each table may have only one timestamp variable

Data type	Description
sql_variant	Stores up to 8,000 bytes of data of various data types, except text, ntext, and timestamp
uniqueidentifier	Stores a globally unique identifier (GUID)
xml	Stores XML formatted data. Maximum 2GB
cursor	Stores a reference to a cursor used for database operations
table	Stores a result-set for later processing