Re: varchar2(10) vs. varchar2(10 BYTE)

Guyon Morée wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> When I generate table scripts with TOAD, the script declares the
> varchar2 column size with: varchar2(10 byte) instead of varchar2(10).
> The latter is what I'm used to.
>
> Also this script won't run on every (version of the?) database.
>
> Can someone tell me the difference between the 2?
>
>
> thanks
>
> Guyon Morée

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