What are the different types of data fields in Oracle databases?

The Oracle database offers a variety of field types, including the following:

  1. Character types include CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, etc.
  2. Numeric types such as NUMBER, INTEGER, FLOAT, and REAL are included.
  3. Date and Time types: including DATE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL, etc.
  4. Binary Large Object (BLOB), Character Large Object (CLOB), and National Character Large Object (NCLOB) are types of binary data types.
  5. Boolean type: includes BOOLEAN.
  6. RAW type: used for storing raw binary data.
  7. ROWID type: used to uniquely identify rows in the database.
  8. Variable Array type: used to store arrays of varying lengths.
  9. XML type: used for storing XML documents.
  10. User Defined Type (UDT): Customizable database field types can be created by users.

The above are common field types in Oracle databases, choose the appropriate one based on specific requirements to store data.

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