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Re: Q: pro and cons of char(1) and varchar(1)

From: Prakash V <venkatprakash_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 20:19:15 GMT
Message-ID: <19990909201915.29058.qmail@hotmail.com>


Whether you have stored some data or not but char(1) will allot 1 byte of space.

But in varchar(1) case, once u enter the data then only the memory will get occupied



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