Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:

>> In my opinion this is almost useless.
>
> In my opinion CHAR fields are almost useless as such. They have no
> advantages over VARCHARs.

? Alright fixed length character fields may be a bit long in the tooth,
but they do still have a place. Yes they can be defined as varchar, but
that hides the fact that they are always full length, and I would expect
them to be packed to full length when output?

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