The following data types are available:

• Binary data types
• Character data types
• Date/time data types
• Decimal data types
• Domains (user-defined data types)
• Floating-point data types
• Integer data types
• Spatial data types

Any of the character or binary string data types such as CHAR, VARCHAR, LONG VARCHAR, NCHAR, BINARY, VARBINARY, and so on, can be used to store large objects such as images, word-processing documents, and sound files.

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