Subject | Re: [firebird-support] CHAR and VARCHAR disk space |
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Author | Michal Žeravík |
Post date | 2005-01-16T14:36:49Z |
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:
regarding to CHAR?
Both have limit and rle compression.
What is the difference then?
Michal
Ann W. Harrison wrote:
>Adomas Urbanavicius wrote:[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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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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