Re: varchar2(10) vs. varchar2(10 BYTE)

On 11 Oct 2004 02:07:47 -0700, Guyon Morée wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> When I generate table scripts with TOAD, the script declares the
> varchar2 column size with: varchar2(10 byte) instead of varchar2(10).
> The latter is what I'm used to.
>
> Also this script won't run on every (version of the?) database.
>
> Can someone tell me the difference between the 2?
>
>
> thanks
>
> Guyon Morée

Here's an Oracle Magazine article that gives you an overview of this feature.

http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/03-mar/o23sql.html Received on Tue Oct 12 2004 - 07:02:35 CDT