What is the difference between CHAR and VARCHAR2? If
VARCHAR2 serves the uses of CHAR why CHAR is still used and
not been discarded yet?
Answer Posted / hannan
in char it allocates the memory space as static where as in
varchar2 it allocates the memory space as dynamic
OR
char is a space mapping function where as in varchar2 it is
not mapping the space it occupies the exact size of the
string
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