varchar2 and varchar

From: Lex van de Pol <lpol_at_ortec.nl>
Date: 15 Oct 1998 10:01:16 GMT
Message-ID: <2465A05A033BD111969500805F4BEF5B18E35E_at_SULACO>

The VARCHAR datatype in 7.3 is synonymous with the VARCHAR2 datatype. In a future version of Oracle the VARCHAR datatype might store variable-length character strings compared with different comparison semantics. Therefore, use the VARCHAR2 datatype to store variable-length character strings.

Lex van de Pol
lpol_at_ortec.nl

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From: Ken Ho Kwok Fai [mailto:kfho_at_sparc1.cs.cuhk.hk]On Behalf Of Ken Ho Kwok Fai
Posted At: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 5:02 PM Posted To: tools
Conversation: varchar2 and varchar
Subject: varchar2 and varchar

In Oracle, there are two datatypes "varchar" and "varchar2". Could anyone
tell me what is the difference between them? Thank you.

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Ken Ho Kwok Fai Received on Thu Oct 15 1998 - 12:01:16 CEST

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