Should I store salt on SQL Server as varchar or varbinary and in hex?

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I'm working on implementing a hash. I intend to store the salt it in a SQL Server database table. The salt will be at least 32 bytes. Should the salt be in hex form or should I convert it to a string, integer, or something else? Also, what data type should I use to store the salt: varchar, varbinary, or something else?

For security, it really doesn't matter because the salt is not a secret. But in terms of performance and maybe readability, it might.

Thank you very much.

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If it is nothing important to be converted into hash then it can be stored in varchar itself

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Oh OK, that's good. Thank you very much for your help!