Stephen Gutknecht wrote: > Hi Dominik, ..... > SAPDB also uses CHAR internally for all VARCHAR fields, it is possible > another system may optimize storage for VARCHAR.
Oops, where did you get this info from? VARCHAR is VARCHAR, i.e. Character column with VARIABLE length (except for the first (n-1) primary keycolumns). It is just the other way round, that means: CHAR (n) with n > 30 will be VARCHAR to avoid storage overhead. Elke SAP Labs Berlin _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
