Binary data types of either fixed length or variable length.
Syntax:
BINARY [ ( n_bytes ) ]
VARBINARY [ ( n_bytes | max ) ]
n_bytes
can be any number from 1 to 8000 bytes. max
indicates that the maximum storage space is 2^31-1.
Examples:
SELECT CAST(12345 AS BINARY(10)) -- 0x00000000000000003039
SELECT CAST(12345 AS VARBINARY(10)) -- 0x00003039