11.4 String Types

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11.4.1 The CHAR and VARCHAR Types

11.4.2 The BINARY and VARBINARY Types

11.4.3 The BLOB and TEXT Types

11.4.4 The ENUM Type

11.4.5 The SET Type

The string types are CHAR, VARCHAR, BINARY, VARBINARY, BLOB, TEXT, ENUM, and SET. This section describes how these types work and how to use them in your queries. For string type storage requirements, see Section 11.7, “Data Type Storage Requirements”.