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Information Type is a quality that determines the kind of information of any item. Every segment, variable and articulation has a connected information type. You can utilize these information types while making your tables. You can pick an information type for a table segment dependent on your necessity. 

Derby Server offers a few classifications of information types for your utilization as recorded underneath − 

Integer Numeric Data Types

Following is the rundown of whole number numeric information types − 

DATA TYPE	SIZE	FROM	TO
SMALLINT	2 bytes	-32768	32767
INTEGER	4 bytes	-2,147,483,648	2,147,483,647
BIGINT	8 bytes	-9223372036854775808	9223372036854775808

Approximate Numeric Data Types

Following is the rundown of inexact numeric information types − 

DATA TYPE	SIZE	FROM	TO
REAL	4 bytes	-3.40E + 38	3.40E + 38
DOUBLE PRECISION	8 bytes	-1.79E + 308	1.79E + 308
FLOAT		-1.79E + 308	1.79E + 308

Exact Numeric Data Types

Following is the rundown of accurate numeric information types − 

DATA TYPE	FROM	TO
DECIMAL	-10^38 +1	10^38 -1
NUMERIC	-10^38 +1	10^38 -1