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Difference between CHAR vs VARCHAR

From: George Brown <gbrown_at_partech.com>
Date: 1995/07/27
Message-ID: <gbrown-2707951632190001_at_browng.partech.com>#1/1 






What is the difference between CHAR and VARCHAR?  I have had some problems
with queries on CHAR that I had to solve by doing LIKE.  I also could not
develop a Forms 4.0 master-detail application using a CHAR data type
relation; NUMBER worked fine...

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Received on Thu Jul 27 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST












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