Re: char vs varchar ?
From: S. Kannan <skannan_at_PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE>
Date: 1995/04/20
Message-ID: <3n5vrf$bqo_at_cardinal.fs.com>#1/1
Kannan
Email: skannan_at_fs.com
Received on Thu Apr 20 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST
Date: 1995/04/20
Message-ID: <3n5vrf$bqo_at_cardinal.fs.com>#1/1
Varchar and Varchar2 are currently synonymous. However Oracle Corporation may change the way Varchar works, in a future version.
The difference between char and varchar in Oracle 7 and above is that char is fixed length and can store upto 255 characters. Varchar (or Varchar2 currently) is variable length and can store upto 2000 bytes.
I do not use Powerbuilder and hence cannot comment on it.
Kannan
Email: skannan_at_fs.com
The above are my own comments and opinion. They do not purport that of anybody else.
Received on Thu Apr 20 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST