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Re: which column type char,varchar2 is better for index?

From: Alan <alan_at_erols.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:46:53 -0400
Message-ID: <2ituurFqsvsuU1@uni-berlin.de> 





> But as I doubt you will let me give you the answer ... there is not

> a single valid reason I can think of in Oracle to ever use a CHAR

> column. And performance is only a small part of the reason.

>




This is not a valid reason, but I use CHAR(1) in place of the non-existant
Boolean (no, I don't want to argue about the need for Boolean data), or
maybe for a flag. Just for ease when scanning designs and so on.
Received on Fri Jun 11 2004 - 09:46:53 CDT












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