Re: Because you guys/gals/girls/women/insert pc term here are a smart lot

2009/1/5 Frank Stanovcak <blindspotpro@comcast.net>: > It's been a while since I've programed (VB was on version 4) I was wondering > if any one could tell me what the diff is between char, varchar, and text in > mysql. > I know this isn't a mysql news group, but since I am using php for the > interaction it seemed like the place to ask. Thanks in advance, and have a > great day! char: the space required for the length of the field is allocated for each row no matter how much of it is used. varchar: only the space required for the content of the field is allocated per row but these fields are limited to 255 chars (IIRC) in length. text: for all intents and purposes these have unlimited length (4GBish IIRC). There is a page in the MySQL manual that explains all of the data formats. Google for mysql data formats and you'll likely get it. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/