Re: Varchar2 vs Char

Also, unless the fields are fixed length and filled with characters to the very end of the defined length, then whoever tries to access that field MUST account for the padding of each CHAR field with blanks. This can lead to frustrations by many when you "cannot" find the data you know is the field because you forgot about the blanks at the end. It also leads to inefficient programming to process those fields. Received on Thu May 15 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT