RE: [PEAR] regarding VARCHAR and CHAR
| From: | Jason Lotito | Date: | Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:16:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR] regarding VARCHAR and CHAR | ||
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> Ah ok misunderstanding on my part.
> Basically the issue that raised this question that I wanted
> to answer was if it makes sense to use VARCHAR as the
> datatype for MDB's internal Text datatype or CHAR as it is
> now. And it seems like staying with CHAR is the way to go
> since MySQL will handle switching to VARCHAR were it makes sense.
>
> Regards,
> Lukas
I kind of figured that after the last part. I just wanted to clarify in
case of any potential misunderstanding. =)
Yes, I agree with you on the choice for CHAR as the default type.
Jason