Re: Optimizing column widths
* Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com [110618 16:33]: In the last episode (Jun 18), Tim Johnson said: Is there an optimal 'alignment' for column widths for varchar types? I.E., divisible by 8 or 10 or by powers of 2? No. Varchar fields are stored using only as many bytes as are in that particular entry. The size in the column definition is simply the maximum allowed size. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/char.html Thanks Dan. :) Just checking. -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Optimizing column widths
Is there an optimal 'alignment' for column widths for varchar types? I.E., divisible by 8 or 10 or by powers of 2? URLs to documentation would be more than sufficient. Version 5+, linux platforms. thanks -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Re: Optimizing column widths
In the last episode (Jun 18), Tim Johnson said: Is there an optimal 'alignment' for column widths for varchar types? I.E., divisible by 8 or 10 or by powers of 2? No. Varchar fields are stored using only as many bytes as are in that particular entry. The size in the column definition is simply the maximum allowed size. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/char.html -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
