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Re: VARCHAR2 vs. CHAR

From: Jan-Peter Meyer <jan-peter.meyer_at_mch.sbs.de>
Date: 1997/12/25
Message-ID: <34A23E7B.9AC911FD@mch.sbs.de>#1/1

Note also, that when using char datatypes you run into padded comparison!

Mageshwar S wrote:
>
> >NOT TRUE, varchar2 existed in Oracle 6.
> i thought it was varchar, rather than varchar2.
 

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Received on Thu Dec 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CST

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