Subject Re: [firebird-support] CHAR and VARCHAR disk space
Author Michal Žeravík
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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>>So,
>>As far as I understand the only varchar advantage is trimming of blank
>>spaces of data, and disadvantages are disk space.
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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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