MySQL Data Type Categories

The following are the main categories of data types in MySQL:

1. Numeric Data Types – Used to store numbers, such as Integer, Decimal, and Float values.
2. String Data Types – Used to store text and character data, such as CHAR, VARCHAR, and TEXT.
3. Date and Time Data Types – Used to store date and time values.
4. Boolean and Bit Data Types – Used to store true/false values and binary data.
5. ENUM and SET Data Types – Used to store predefined sets of values.
6. JSON Data Type – Used to store JSON documents and structured data.
7. Spatial Data Types – Used to store location-based and geometric data.