What is the difference between CHAR and VARCHAR data types?
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Answer / rajan vardawaj
CHAR is a fixed length data type. CHAR(n) will take n
characters of storage even if you enter less than n
characters to that column. For example, “Hello!”
will be stored as “Hello! ” in CHAR(10) column. VARCHAR is a
variable length data type. VARCHAR(n) will take only the
required storage for the actual number
of [...]
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Answer / shekoli
Char is a fixed lenth datatype. Ex: char(7), welcome
but varchar is a variable length datatypes, Ex:
varchar(7),welcome (or) come
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