Pooly wrote:
Damnit !
Thanks for pointing it, I forgot these things.
But it's a bit more subtle :
If any column in a table has a variable length, the entire row becomes
variable-length as a result. Therefore, if a table contains any
variable-length columns (VARCHAR, TEXT, or BLOB), all CHAR
Hi,
I try to convert a varchar to a char, but it doesn't seems to work.
show create table sessions;
CREATE TABLE `sessions` (
`id` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
`user_id` int(6) NOT NULL default '0',
`ip` varchar(8) NOT NULL default '0',
`lastseen` timestamp NOT NULL default
Pooly wrote:
Hi,
I try to convert a varchar to a char, but it doesn't seems to work.
From the manual: ...all CHAR columns longer than three characters are
changed to VARCHAR columns.
URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/silent-column-changes.html
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Damnit !
Thanks for pointing it, I forgot these things.
But it's a bit more subtle :
If any column in a table has a variable length, the entire row becomes
variable-length as a result. Therefore, if a table contains any
variable-length columns (VARCHAR, TEXT, or BLOB), all CHAR columns
longer
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 04:01:38PM +0100, Pooly wrote:
ALTER TABLE sessions MODIFY ip char(8) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
ALTER TABLE sessions MODIFY id char(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
Hello,
Since you have two varchar columns, I don't think there's any way to
convert them both to char without
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 05:37:56PM +0100, Pooly wrote:
Damnit !
Thanks for pointing it, I forgot these things.
But it's a bit more subtle :
[snip]
Bah, should have waited another 5 minutes before I bothered posting my
last long-winded ramble ;)
ALTER TABLE sessions MODIFY id char(32) NOT
Yeah, for example the last statement ALTER, ..., ...
is the only way sometimes to make things working.
anyway, it's worth knowing it.
2005/8/13, Chris Elsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 05:37:56PM +0100, Pooly wrote:
Damnit !
Thanks for pointing it, I forgot these
