WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHAR AND VARCHAR

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WHAT IS THE DIFFREENCE BETWEEN CHAR AND VARCHAR DATA TYPE

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Ranjan.D · Answer 1 · 2014-01-29T00:38:00

Solution 1

Please have a look into http://sqlserverplanet.com/ddl/varchar-vs-char[^]

Posted 29-Jan-14 0:38am

Ranjan.D

Karthik_Mahalingam · Answer 2 · 2014-01-29T00:50:00

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Quick Look
Char vs Varchar[^]
Difference between SQL Char and Varchar Data Type[^]

Posted 29-Jan-14 0:50am

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Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 3 · 2014-01-29T00:51:00

This is a case where the naming causes confusion. You would expect, from the name, that the char datatype was used to store an individual character. What it does, however, is allocate a fixed size for storing a string. So, if you allocated 8000 character storage and only stored 1 character in it, you would waste the other 7999 characters. VarChar is different in that it only allocates as many characters as are needed. Where things get fun is if you update a VarChar - SQL Server can allocate the new part of the string so that it's non-contiguous with the initial part of the string.

sachin 112 · Answer 4 · 2014-01-29T01:33:00

Solution 4

please read the link...

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/272532/Difference-between-Sql-Server-Char-and-Varchar-Dat..

please see this also... [^]

Posted 29-Jan-14 1:33am

sachin 112

Updated 29-Jan-14 1:41am

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