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Re: difference b/w varchar and varchar2

From: fumi <fumi_at_tpts5.seed.net.tw>
Date: 5 Dec 1999 15:19:15 GMT
Message-ID: <82dvpj$3m1$2@news.seed.net.tw> 






Aamir Khan <akhan_at_atlantic2000.com> wrote in message news:384a57ac_at_news.cyber.net.pk...


> What is the difference between varchar and varchar2 ???


>





In Oracle 6,


VARCHAR = CHAR,



There is no datatype called VARCHAR2.



In Oracle 7 and above,


VARCHAR = VARCHAR2



but, in a future version, they may be different.



Received on Sun Dec 05 1999 - 09:19:15 CST












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