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: > I've been getting feedback from the developers arguing that using varchar2
: > instead of char when defining a table is taking a performance hit. Does anyone
Where's the performance hit, when they are defining the table ? I'd live with that :)
Ask them what is taking a performance hit, get them to prove it to you, tell them to tune their code and SQL *and* then tell them that the coding standards only allow the use of VARCHAR2 !
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