Desmond, Thursday, July 25, 2002, 2:42:31 AM, you wrote: DL> Mysql documentation says the following:
DL> "values are stored using only as many characters as are needed, plus one DL> byte to record the length. Values are not padded; instead, trailing spaces DL> are removed when values are stored." DL> So, then would there be anything wrong with making all my varchar's up to DL> 255. That is defining most of my fields to be varchar(255) even when i know DL> they may only go 100? If you have indexes on your whole columns, index on varchar(255) is bigger, than on varchar(100). -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
