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Represents the type of a table field.

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Boolean Assumes the values true or false. When formatted, a Boolean field is shown as "Yes" or "No". The size of the corresponding SQL data type, TINYINT, is 1 byte.
Integer Denotes an integer between -2,147,483,647 and 2,147,483,647. The size of the corresponding SQL data type, INTEGER, is 4 bytes.
BigInteger A 64-bit integer.
Decimal A decimal number between -10^63 and 10^63. The exponent ranges from -63 to 63. Decimal numbers are held in memory with 18 significant digits. The representation of a decimal number is a Binary Coded Decimal (BCD). The size of the corresponding SQL data type, DECIMAL(38,20), is 17 bytes. We recommend that you construct decimals that operate on numbers in the range of +/- 999,999,999,999,999.99. You can construct larger numbers in some cases, but overflow, truncation or loss of precision can occur.
Option An option field is defined by using an option string, which is a comma-separated list of strings that represent each valid value of the field. This string is used when a field of type Option is formatted and its value is converted into a string.
Text Any alphanumeric string. The field must be defined to be between 1 and 2048 characters. The number of bytes used by a text field equals (number of characters + 1) * 2. The additional character is used for the string terminating character, which is '0' in Unicode. The size of a Unicode character is 2 bytes. Therefore, you multiply the number of characters by two to get the size.
Code An alphanumeric string, which is right-justified if the contents are numbers only. If letters or blanks occur among the numbers, the contents are left-aligned. All letters are converted to uppercase upon entry. The field must be defined to be between 1 and 2048 characters.
DateTime Represents a point in time as a combined date and time. The datetime is stored in the database as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is always displayed as local time in Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Time Any time in the range 00:00:00 to 23:59:59.999. A time field contains 1 plus the number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 o'clock, or 0 (zero), an undefined time.
Date A date value in the range from January 1, 1753 to December 31, 9999. An undefined date is expressed as 0. All dates have a corresponding closing date. The system considers the closing date for a given date as a period that follows the given date but comes before the next normal date; that is, a closing date is sorted immediately after the corresponding normal date but before the next normal date.
DateFormula Used to verify the date entered by the user.
Duration Represents the difference between two points in time, in milliseconds. This value can be negative.
Guid Globally unique identifier (GUID).
RecordId Unique record identifier.
TableFilter This data type is used to apply a filter to another table. Currently, this can only be used to apply security filters from the Permission table.
Blob Binary Large Object. Used to store bitmaps and memos. Notice that the BLOB is not stored in the record, but in the BLOB area of the table.
Media A complex type that encapsulates media files, such as image .jpg and .png files, in application database tables. The Media data type can be used as a table field data type, but cannot be used as a variable or parameter.
MediaSet A complex type that encapsulates media, such as images, in application database tables. The MediaSet data type can be used as a table field data type, but cannot be used as variable or parameter.

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