> 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.
MSSQL call it VARCHAR(MAX), IIRC. Just for info :)
Regards,
Vlad
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