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Re: Newbie Question: How long can a varchar be?

From: <adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:08:32 GMT
Message-ID: <90ou8a$2js$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In article <3a1d202f.220286468_at_news.alt.net>,   SPAMBLOCK.Maxwell_Smart_at_ThePentagon.com.SPAMBLOCK (Brian Tkatch) wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:07:42 GMT, adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >In article <3A1C23DD.E017B00_at_bridgewatersystems.com>,
> > Tony Walby <tony.walby_at_bridgewatersystems.com> wrote:
> >> Varchar2 can be 4000 characters in length max.
> >
> >Is Varchar2 standard SQL? I can't use Oracle extensions.
> >
> I believe VARCHAR is standard SQL.

Yes, but is VARCHAR2?

>
> From the docs:

Which docs? Oracle or SQL? I can't use VARCHAR2 unless it is supported on all SQL databases.

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