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CHAR vs VARCHAR

From: Paul Pruchnik <paulrp_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 01:42:25 GMT
Message-ID: <5eria.3978$ey1.309583@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net> 





Greetings,


What is the savings of CHAR(4) vs VARCHAR(4) for storing a 4 (required)
character code? What is the overhead in using VARCHAR for fields of required
length?


Thanks,


-Paul Pruchnik
Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 19:42:25 CST












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