TYPE=PACKED does not seem to be documented in Chapter 7.7 in the online
documentation. Where can I find a description of the PACKED option?
Also, can it be noted in the documentation that CREATE ... SELECT * FROM ...
does not create an exact copy of the table? Had I not been paying attention
I would not have noticed all the 320MB temporary tables I'd have been
creating.
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From: Sinisa Milivojevic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:40 AM
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Subject: RE: ERROR 1060: Duplicate column name
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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