Uwe

> I need to store a flag value in a the smallest possible way. 1 Byte is
> sufficient. If I declare a fiield as VARCHAR(1) would that field be only 1
> Byte is size ?

CHAR(1) is exactly one byte according to docs

Theo
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Theo Bebekis
Thessaloniki, Greece
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