Can you please elaborate a little bit more...

Thanks for the reply.

Varbinary, is that just for the password field or for all the mentioned fields such as SSN, Salary info?

Thanks

Ed

I realize that now that I am dealing with the bit data type that I can't write a query such as: SELECT COUNT(Active) AS Expr1

FROM...

Thank you all, It is great to hear other people's opinions, I learn a lot from others input.

Thanks again.

Ed

I do plan to use a check box control for this field in VB.NET

Thanks to all for the valuable information.

Ed

Thanks Lynn,

Bit data type was what I though of using in the first place, I just wanted to make sure I can use it in queries to check whether the...