Hello.
Usually the CHAR type is fastest, although it wastes more space. >Hi all > > Suppose that I want to create a table with a column named > "DETAILS" that > will contain textual data. Performance-wise, does it matter if I > represent > this column with, say, a 200-char varchar or a larger type like > text or > mediumtext but be sure that only textual data smaller than 200 > chars is > going to be stored in it? >Behrang Saeedzadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]