Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.tools:17484 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!newshub.northeast.verio.net!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in4.uu.net!newsfeed.attap.net!mango.singnet.com.sg!dahlia.singnet.com.sg!mawar.singnet.com.sg!not-for-mail From: Big Bear Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools Subject: Re: varchar2 and varchar Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 20:26:04 +0800 Organization: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3625E9DC.8C02C1D4@hotmail.com> References: <701p9j$r8v@eng-ser1.erg.cuhk.edu.hk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) currently it's both the same for ver 7.x. it will be utalised in future release. however, oracle recommends using varchar2. Ken Ho Kwok Fai wrote: > In Oracle, there are two datatypes "varchar" and "varchar2". Could anyone > tell me what is the difference between them? Thank you. > > -- > Ken Ho Kwok Fai