Create Table with and without specification of size

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hi,
below is my sql statement,my question
here when am not specifying any size its default getting (1)
and for numeric datatypes like int its having size 4
is for string datatypes is it mandatory specify size
i need to store char data which will be 10 characters is char default size is only 1

CREATE TABLE [dbo].finaltb(col1 char)

Posted 23-Jan-12 2:51am

pradeep manne

Updated 23-Jan-12 4:01am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-01-23T04:55:00

Solution 1

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CREATE TABLE [dbo].finaltb (col1 char(10))

Posted 23-Jan-12 4:55am

OriginalGriff

The Doer · Answer 2 · 2012-02-24T01:14:00

Solution 2

CREATE TABLE [dbo].finaltb (col1 char(10))

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CREATE TABLE [dbo].finaltb (col1 varchar(10))

Posted 24-Feb-12 1:14am

The Doer

Updated 24-Feb-12 1:15am

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