RE: Varchar2....is this Dilbert or what?????

From: Thapliyal, Deepak <DThapliyal_at_ea.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:32:00 -0700
Message-Id: <10495.105570@fatcity.com>

excuse my ignorance .. but who the hell is dilbert or better still .. whats it mean ...

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From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:49 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Varchar2....is this Dilbert or what?????

Odd. I've never had a boss who even concerned himself with details like that. Even if you make all the fields VARCHAR2(255), Oracle is only going to store the number of characters used. Just explain that your boss (tactfully), and perhaps he will see the error of his ways.

Jonathan

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On Tue, 09 May 2000 14:04:15 -0800, you wrote:

>Ok, forgive me if I offend anyone....but the head honchos came and asked
>what the ramifications would be if we were to make every, yes EVERY
>varchar2 column in new database the length of 255.

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