Re: top 10 oracle quirks

> the varchar field type is an SQL standard, but subject to change by the
> standards commitee.
>
> so Oracle created varchar2, which is currently the same as varchar, but
> guaranteed never to change.

Then why isn't there a CHAR2 datatype? Doesn't the same logic apply?

Cheers,
Brian

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