Character Data types in Oracle

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Character Datatypes

Oracle Character Datatypes are used to store alphanumeric character data. The following datatypes are the Character datatypes supported in Oracle.

CHAR Datatype                                   -CHAR[(size[BYTE | CHAR])]

VARCHAR2 and VARCHAR Datatypes      - VARCHAR2(size [BYTE | CHAR])

NCHAR and NVARCHAR2 Datatypes       - NVARCHAR2(size)

LOB Character Datatypes                     – CLOB and NCLOB

LONG Datatype                                   – LONG