A Guide to SQL
A Guide to SQL
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ISBN: 9781111527273
Author: Philip J. Pratt
Publisher: Course Technology Ptr
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Chapter 3, Problem 12RQ

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 Difference between “CHAR” and “VARCHAR”:

 

CHARVARCHAR
“CHAR” is fixed length data type.“VARCHAR” is the variable length data type.
The storage size is equal to the maximum size of the column.The storage size is equal to the actual length of the data.
The keyword “CHAR” is used to declare the variable...

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 Appropriate place to use “CHAR” data type:

 The “CHAR” data type is a good choice when storing the initial of the name as it takes up the same amount of bytes. It is also suitable to specify the name of the individual as it hold only the list of characters.

 Example:

CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE (

EMP_NU...

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 URL:

 The following given URL provides the examples as referen...

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