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Re: char vs. varchar?

From: Martin Haltmayer <Martin.Haltmayer_at_0800-einwahl.de>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 16:10:14 +0100
Message-ID: <3A7C1F56.C8009BD@0800-einwahl.de> 






Which overhead is implied in using VARCHAR2 (1) as compared to CHAR (1)?



I claim there is no such overhead. Both are stored as variable length data. You
can see that by examining with vsize and dump.



Martin
Received on Sat Feb 03 2001 - 09:10:14 CST












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