RE: Re[2]: char is going away?

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:59:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D9AF9.20031212065925@fatcity.com>

Lucky us ... we are staying put on Oracle ... until the powers to be decide otherwise.

Raj

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-----Original Message-----
From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:39 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Re[2]: char is going away?

Raj, Jonathan

1. I have heard rumors that in other databases the VARCHAR performance isn't
good. In fact, some people that are converting from other databases to
Oracle are pleasantly surprised that Oracle handles VARCHAR well.
2. I have been curious about Oracle's statement that you should use
VARCHAR2. If I was a suspicious person I would say that sounded like a
vendor's attempt to encourage proprietary coding, but I'm not suspicious, no
way.
My point isn't that VARCHAR isn't there, of course it is, but if you were
developing an application to sell and support on several different
databases, you might consider CHAR as a safer bet.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams@lifetouch.com

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