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Re: Query Browser trouble with TEXT and BLOB
Posted by: Conor Linberg
Date: April 30, 2005 08:35PM

varchar can hold between 1 and 255 characters just like a char, however varchar is more flexible. Varchar only stores the length of the data whereas char stores the whole length of the declared variable, regardless of size. On the other hand, char is a LOT faster than varchar.

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