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> From 7.1 on the system will try to compress all types
> internally stored as variable length (char(), varchar(), text
> and some more). So the real amount of bytes for a char(188)
> will be "at maximum 192 - probably less".
Don't variable-length records incur a performance overhead? In this case,
ought I be able to specify the length for a record if I know ahead of time
it will be the same in every case? :o
Ian Turner
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