Perhaps I'm misreading your point, but it's data in a Char column that
typically contains trailing blanks that need a Trim. A VarChar won't contain
extraneous blanks unless the developer explicitly includes them in the
value.
"-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>> Any benchmark demonstrating that the performance degradation is not in
>>> single percentage digits is welcome. <<
>
> I am more worried about various numbers of extra blanks in the
> VARCHAR(n) making display problems. Trimming and padding are costly.
>
Received on Fri Aug 19 2005 - 09:49:59 CDT
