>>>>> "Radoslaw" == Radoslaw Stachowiak <radek@alter.pl> writes:
Radoslaw> Does varchar(188) takes 188 bytes (+ bytes for length
Radoslaw> storage) every time, no matter if it contains 'my text' or
Radoslaw> 'my long 188 char text.....' ?
The way I understand it varchar(n) is variable-length, while char(n)
is fixed-lenght. Thus the behaviour you describe above is that of
char(n).
Martin
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