Data Types
- sql_variant: Stores values of various
SQL Server-supported data types, except text, ntext, and timestamp. - timestamp: Stores a database-wide
unique number that gets updated every time a row gets updated. - uniqueidentifier: Stores a globally
unique identifier (GUID). - xml: Stores XML data. You can
store xml instances in a column or a variable (SQL Server 2005 only). - cursor: A reference to a cursor.
- table: Stores a result set for later
processing.