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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Re[4]: char is going away?
I read that section of the manual not that VARCHAR may go away, but that
that the "functionality" of the VARCHAR datatype may one day differ from
that of the VARCHAR2 datatype.
I forsee something like what happened with the CHAR type between v6 and v7.
Just my 0.02eur
Kevin
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Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:40 PM
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Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 3:39:26 PM, DENNIS WILLIAMS
(DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM) wrote:
DW> 2. I have been curious about Oracle's statement that you should use
DW> VARCHAR2.
I am too, now. That statement in the docs about the meaning
of VARCHAR maybe changing someday has been there as far back
as my own DBA career goes. Given that VARCHAR is in the
ANSI/ISO standard, and that it's supported by DB2 and by SQL
Server, its meaning doesn't seem likely to change, so it
almost seems more reasonable (to me) to use it than to
recommend against using it.
Best regards,
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