Lance Lovette writes:
> Thanks for the clarification. Is it a MySQL bug then that the CREATE query
> converts all the VARCHAR fields into CHAR fields so the query 'CREATE
> TEMPORARY TABLE User2 SELECT * FROM User' creates a temporary table much
> larger than the User table?
>
No, this is not a bug, this is a feature ........... ;o)
If you wish that VARCHAR are created instead of CHAR, then you should
add TYPE=PACKED in CREATE statement.>
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