why ever use TINYBLOB/TEXT -- isn't VARCHAR same size? (fwd)

2001-11-13 Thread Carl Troein
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

Re: why ever use TINYBLOB/TEXT -- isn't VARCHAR same size? (fwd)

2001-11-13 Thread Robert Alexander
At 16:07 + 2001/11/13, Carl Troein wrote: //C - with a runny nose, a cup of tea, and a glass of Laphroaig ...for medicinal purposes, of course. : My choice was McClellands, when reduced last week to a sorry-ass blob of protoplasm by the worst cold I've had in years. Feeling much better