In the last episode (Jan 14), Stefan Hinz said:
> here's my final stupid question for today. Why is the average row
> length 11 when it should be 10?
>
> mysql> DESCRIBE myrowisam;
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | col | char(10) | YES | | NULL | |
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>
> mysql> SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'myrow%';
> +-------------+--------+------------+------+----------------+
> | Name | Type | Row_format | Rows | Avg_row_length |
> +-------------+--------+------------+------+----------------+
> | myrowisam | MyISAM | Fixed | 68 | 11 | <---
* Each `NULL' column takes one bit extra, rounded up to the nearest
byte.
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Dan Nelson
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