Re: [Q] Varchar = Char?

I always thought char was of fixed length (storing blanks) and varchar only allocated the amount of disk space required for the data.

replace this with @Martin Jesterhoudt <martinjxs4all.nl> wrote in article <34970b72.21814177_at_news.xs4all.nl>...
> Hi,
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> I've heart that a Char is also written in variable length to the
> database. In that case, it doesn't differ from Varchar. So what's the
> difference? Maybe for compatibility reasons?
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