Mark Chalkley writes:
> According to the MySQL manual (section 7.7.1), CHAR columns defined to be greater
>than 3 chars in length are converted to type VARCHAR. I understand the space
>efficiency issues involved here, but when the column is used in an index, doesn't
>that impose a performa
According to the MySQL manual (section 7.7.1), CHAR columns defined to be greater than
3 chars in length are converted to type VARCHAR. I understand the space efficiency
issues involved here, but when the column is used in an index, doesn't that impose a
performance penalty? Or does MySQL han
