Hi,

In the documentation on var/chars and I saw that "The whole text is
> kept in memory when using this data type."  I was confused as to what
> this statement meant?
>

I will replace the sentence with "The whole text is loaded into memory when
using this data type."

a) Does it mean that when the database loads, all var/chars are loaded
> into memory and kept in memory until the database closes?  (so if have
> 80,000 user names, are all kept in memory?)
>

No.


> b) Or, does it mean that H2 keeps the var/chars in memory when
> performing internal operations, and puts them in H2's cache (which can
> then be recycled out when no longer needed).
>

Yes.

Regards,
Thomas

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