Re: is the CHAR pl/sql variable type being pushed out

From: Frank <fbortel_at_home.nl>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:13:08 +0200
Message-ID: <3D10E5D4.90907_at_home.nl>


Sybrand Bakker wrote:

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> I think your supervisor should come up with a formal desupport notice,
> it looks like he is currently relying on hearsay and on trouble to
> work with Forms 4.5

Or he meant varchar (without the 2)...

There have been discussions about the use of varchar2 vs. char related to performance, row-chaining/migration, etc. Besides that, the general consensus is to use varchar2, not char, although char is still supported (and probably will be for some time: as Sybrand states, there's no desupport notice, and 'connect internal' desupport notice was issued, what - 3 years ago? And it still exists)

And char is not varchar2!

Frank Received on Wed Jun 19 2002 - 22:13:08 CEST

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