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CREATE TABLE your_table_name (
id INT,
column_name INT,
-- other columns
);
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SELECT DATA_TYPE
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE
TABLE_SCHEMA = 'yourSchemaName' AND
TABLE_NAME = 'yourTableName' AND
COLUMN_NAME = 'yourColumnName'
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• number(num) - whole numbers up to num digits
• number(num,num2) - num whole numbers up to num2 decimals
• char(num) - fixed length character/string
• varchar2(num) - used for varying length data
• date - full date
• currency - used for prices