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Re: char vs varchar2

From: Tim Hall <tim.hall_at_spam.begone>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 08:16:57 GMT
Message-ID: <3565343a.722964@69.0.9.9>


On Thu, 21 May 1998 23:51:25 GMT, joelga_at_pebble.org (Joel Garry) wrote:

>Of more concern may
>be using a 1 character string to primary index a large table. I smell a
>design problem.
>

Does a maximum of 256 rows count as "large"?

(I presume it's part of a concatenated key :)

  Tim hall
  Indus International

  Email: tim.hall (at) iint.com
  http: //www.indusworld.com Received on Fri May 22 1998 - 03:16:57 CDT

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