Vardecimal data type

VARDECIMAL is the new data type introduced in to the family of SQL Server 2005 data types. This is an interesting data types with many advantages. The following are few reference document which are available on the net

• SQL Server 2005 vardecimal storage format
• Enabling vardecimal storage format
• Estimating the space savings with vardecimal storage format
• Reducing the Size of your Database in SQL Server 2005/SP2 - using vardecimal
• Vardecimal Storage Format and its implications on Backup/Recovery
• Boundary conditions for enabling vardecimal storage format
• Data row before and after vardecimal storage format