What is difference between CHAR and
VARCHAR2
Both CHAR and VARCHAR2 types are used to store character string values,
however, they behave very differently. The VARCHAR type should not be used:
CHAR
CHAR should be used for storing fixed length character strings. String values will be
space/blank padded before stored on disk. If this type is used to store variable length
strings, it will waste a lot of disk space.
SQL> CREATE TABLE char_test (col1 CHAR(10));
Table created.
SQL> INSERT INTO char_test VALUES ('qwerty');
1 row created.
SQL> SELECT col1, length(col1), dump(col1) "ASCII Dump" FROM char_test;
COL1
LENGTH(COL1)
ASCII Dump
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------qwerty
10 Typ=96 Len=10:
113,119,101,114,116,121,32,32,32,32
Note: ASCII character 32 is a blank space.
VARCHAR
Currently VARCHAR behaves exactly the same as VARCHAR2. However, this type
should not be used as it is reserved for future usage.
SQL> CREATE TABLE varchar_test (col1 VARCHAR2(10));
Table created.
SQL> INSERT INTO varchar_test VALUES ('qwerty');
1 row created.
SQL> SELECT col1, length(col1), dump(col1) "ASCII Dump" FROM varchar_test;
COL1
LENGTH(COL1) ASCII Dump
---------- ------------ -----------------------------------------------------------qwerty
6 Typ=1 Len=6: 113,119,101,114,116,121
VARCHAR2
VARCHAR2 is used to store variable length character strings. The string value's
length will be stored on disk with the value itself.
SQL> CREATE TABLE varchar2_test (col1 VARCHAR2(10));
Table created.
SQL> INSERT INTO varchar2_test VALUES ('qwerty');
1 row created.
SQL> SELECT col1, length(col1), dump(col1) "ASCII Dump" FROM varchar2_test;
COL1
LENGTH(COL1) ASCII Dump
---------- ------------ -----------------------------------------------------------qwerty
6 Typ=1 Len=6: 113,119,101,114,116,121
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