why varchar takes 2 extra bytes?
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Answer / mirza baig
to store the exact no. of characters stored in the varchar
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Answer / yuvaevergreen
to store the length of the data in the variable..
>>when char is used, spaces are padded to the length of the
vraiable.
>>In varchar, spaces are not padded, exact data alone is
stored along with the length.
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Answer / quesanswer
Each VARCHAR has two extra bytes reserved for it. One bite
for the preceding NULL indicator and one trailing byte
because VARCHAR is implemented as a ZSTRING.
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Answer / kallol
The two bytes are for the number of bytes for the binary
length of the field
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
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