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NCST · National Centre for Software Technology

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  • Category: Software
  • Founded: Mar 23, 1999
  • Language: English
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Fw: [NCST] Digest Number 2087
heres another msg on this thread. good to see group in action after quite some time. not sure if  this msg was sent to group or not. his first point is
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:56 pm
amey samant
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Re: [query] char vs varchar in DB
yes that was the post that caught my attention. however if your interpretation is right, then it will be a pain (from implementation point of view of DB) if
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:46 pm
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Re: [query] char vs varchar in DB
... remember also that a char(x) NULL column is actually a varchar(x) NULL column. A char column is incapable of holding a null, so behind the scenes SQL will
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:42 pm
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Re: [query] char vs varchar in DB
IMHO, Internally using varchar to implement char will defeat the entire purpose of char. Also it seems to a really convoluted design for implementing char.
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:25 am
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Re: [query] char vs varchar in DB
yes that's the general rule. and even i was under the impression that char would be faster so should be used when it comes to fixed size data. what i was
Posted - Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:48 am
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