On 09/04/13 11:53, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 04.09.2013 11:43, Alex Peshkoff wrote: >> May be in that case next step? Keep declaring strings as char(N), but >> treat N not as maximum size of string > Please don't play against the SQL standard. The declared string length > is a constraint which must be enforced. > >
But declaring char without length is string with lenght == 1. I.e. we anyway need another type if we want unlimited size strings. May be I was wrong using CHAR here, let it be NEWCHARTYPE(N). How is that type called does not affect what was discussed here before. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel