SQL Server Data Types String Data Types Data typeDescriptionMax sizeStorage char(n)Fixed width character string8,000 charactersDefined width varchar(n)Variable width character string8,000 characters2 bytes + number of chars varchar(max)Variable width character string1,073,741,824 characters2 bytes ...
1The types of objects included in the limit are users, tables, views, stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined data type, database roles, schemas, and user-defined table types. The following table specifies the maximum sizes and numbers of various objects defined in SQL Server R...
1The types of objects included in the limit are users, tables, views, stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined data type, database roles, schemas, and user-defined table types. The following table specifies the maximum sizes and numbers of various objects defined in SQL Server R...
Applies to:SQL Server 2022 (16.x) SQL Server 2022 (16.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating systems. ...
SQL Server Setup installs the following software components required by the product:SQL Server Native Client SQL Server Setup support filesهام There are additional hardware and software requirements for the PolyBase feature. For more information, see Introducing data virtualization wi...
For more information about mapping Access and SQL Server data types, see Compare data types. Note Multivalued fields are not converted. For more information, see Date and time types, String and binary types, and Numeric types. Visual Basic Although VBA is not supported by SQL Server, note ...
Database Engine objects SQL Server Data-tier application objects Replication objects Related content Applies to: SQL ServerThis article shows maximum sizes and numbers of various objects defined in SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later. If you want to view edition limits, see Compute capacity lim...
SQL Server data pages hold row data and are roughly capped at 8060 overall bytes (8k) though there is a row overflow mechanism that can kick in. Generally speaking, you should look to keep your data type sizes as compact as possible. It stands to reason that the more compact your rows,...
SQL Server currently supports disk drives that have standard native sector sizes of 512 bytes and 4 KB. Hard disks with sector sizes larger than 4 KB might cause errors when attempting to store SQL Server data files on them. SeeHard disk drive sector-size support boundaries in SQL Serverfor...
Intelligent Database Developer experience Mission-critical security Show 11 more Applies to:SQL Server SQL Server 2019 (15.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating ...