CHAR(size) -- Fixed length string which can contain letters, numbers and special characters. The size parameter sets the maximum string length, from 0 – 255 with a default of 1.
VARCHAR(size) -- Variable length string similar to CHAR(), but with a maximum string length range from 0 to 65535.
BINARY(size) -- Similar to CHAR() but stores binary byte strings.
VARBINARY(size) -- Similar to VARCHAR() but for binary byte strings.
TINYBLOB -- Holds Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) with a max length of 255 bytes.
TINYTEXT -- Holds a string with a maximum length of 255 characters. Use VARCHAR() instead, as it’s fetched much faster.
TEXT(size) -- Holds a string with a maximum length of 65535 bytes. Again, better to use VARCHAR().
BLOB(size) -- Holds Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) with a max length of 65535 bytes.
MEDIUMTEXT -- Holds a string with a maximum length of 16,777,215 characters.
MEDIUMBLOB -- Holds Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) with a max length of 16,777,215 bytes.
LONGTEXT -- Holds a string with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 characters.
LONGBLOB -- Holds Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) with a max length of 4,294,967,295 bytes.
ENUM(a, b, c, etc…) -- A string object that only has one value, which is chosen from a list of values which you define, up to a maximum of 65535 values. If a value is added which isn’t on this list, it’s replaced with a blank value instead.
SET(a, b, c, etc…) -- A string object that can have 0 or more values, which is chosen from a list of values which you define, up to a maximum of 64 values.