title: what data-type to use to store MAC addresses in an SQL Server database table?
body: <p>I want to store MAC addresses in one of my database tables, what data-type should I use? Reading articles on google, I have seen Binary(8) mentioned a few times. Is this the correct way?</p>
  
  <p>Also, this does not make sense to me, as MAC addresses are six groups of two hexadecimal digits, wouldn't you use Binary(6)?</p>