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Re: Does a varchar2 really use a variable amount of space?

From: Tommy Wareing <p0070621_at_brookes.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:23:53 GMT
Message-ID: <35c9d859.24540587@news.brookes.ac.uk> 





On Thu, 06 Aug 1998 13:37:33 GMT, nasof_at_hotmail.com wrote:


>Actually it will user 6 bytes: 5 for data and 1 for the length





Which would limit it to 256 characters. Since the maximum is 2000/4000
characters (v.7 / 8 respectively), it must be (?) two bytes.



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