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Varchar2....is this Dilbert or what?????

From: Christine Turner <christine.turner_at_ips-sendero.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 13:19:32 -0000
Message-Id: <10492.105281@fatcity.com>


Ok, forgive me if I offend anyone....but the head honchos came and asked what the ramifications would be if we were to make every, yes EVERY varchar2 column in new database the length of 255. The reasoning behind this is...."to keep maintenace down in the future, so we don't have to change the database every time when need a column resized". I'm fairly new to being a database administrator (going on a year), but I have been working in Oracle for about 6 years and quite frankly this sounds totally obsurd! Anyone have any comments??? Pro's, Con's????

Thanks In Advance,
Christine Turner
FTP Database Administrator
IPS Sendero
Phone: (800) 321-6899 ext. 3286
Fax: (480) 946-8224
E-mail: christine.turner_at_ips-sendero.com Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 08:19:32 CDT

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