Re: Help, my developers are killing me with varchar2(4000)

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:52:45 +1000
Message-ID: <g829fa$7bq$1@registered.motzarella.org>


xhoster_at_gmail.com wrote,on my timestamp of 15/08/2008 4:45 AM:
> gazzag <gareth_at_jamms.org> wrote:

>> On 13 Aug, 21:13, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>>> Hopefully you aren't expecting the auto companies to now design cars
>>> that protect you from teenage drivers.
 >
>> Of course not.  But I don't expect the throttle to default to "full"
>> either.

>
> So what should the default size of a varchar2 be then? 7? 12? 23? 0?

does it really matter? it's variable length anyway: the size is a constraint, not an allocation issue. Received on Thu Aug 14 2008 - 16:52:45 CDT

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