| Posted by Dan Guzman on 08/10/05 04:07 
A MAC address is a binary value.  You could store these using a binary data type (binary or varbinary) or store the hex string notation in a character
 datatype (char or varchar).  One advantage of a binary data type is lower
 space requirements and an advantage of a character data type is that it's a
 bit easier to display by application programs.
 
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 Hope this helps.
 
 Dan Guzman
 SQL Server MVP
 
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 > Hi:
 >
 > I need to store MAC Addresses. What is the standard way of storing this
 > type of attribute? Datatype? I can't find any discussions about this
 > anywhere.
 >
 > Thx for any pointers.
 >
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