# Integer types
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Use the following data types to store whole numbers of various ranges. You can't store values outside of the allowed range for each type. 


| Name  | Storage  | Range  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| SMALLINT | 2 bytes  | -32768 to \+32767  | 
| SHORT  | 2 bytes  | -32768 to \+32767  | 
| INTEGER or INT | 4 bytes  | -2147483648 to \+2147483647  | 
| BIGINT | 8 bytes  | -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807  | 
| LONG  | 8 bytes  | -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807  |