Varchar vs. char

Posted on May 31st, 2009 at 3:55pm by Pi.
Categories: Development.

This week I’ve been on holidays, and although many people disagree with how I’ve spent this free time, I must admit that I’ve had a quite entertainment week programming again. I’m moving my old movies list entirely to MySQL/PHP, with lots of new stuff to allow me to better describe what I have movie-wise. Although small, this project has made me investigate some of the secrets of MySQL, including the long-time debate of using varchar versus char, or even versus tinytext/text fields. (more…)

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