Does it mean VARCHAR are useless
regarding to CHAR?
Both have limit and rle compression.
What is the difference then?

Michal


Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>Adomas Urbanavicius wrote:
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>>As far as I understand the only varchar advantage is trimming of blank
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>It also reduces the amount of data sent across the network for remote
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>Regards,
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>Ann
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