Carsten H. Pedersen writes:
> I assume that there is a small speed penalty in using TEXT/BLOB
> fields, as compared to VARCHARs.
I recall seeing some test where TEXT was actually faster, but
it might have been in some special situation. On the whole,
I think that being able to specify a length for CHAR is the
most important difference and the reason I use them for names
of things (I use TINYTEXT/TEXT for longer descriptions etc.)
//C - with a runny nose, a cup of tea, and a glass of Laphroaig
mysql, database, bloody, filter, die, die, die. :-P
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