Name
VARCHAR
Syntax
VARCHAR(size) [BINARY]Size
Specified by the size value in a range of
to 255 (1 to 255 prior to MySQL 3.23)
Storage
Length of value + 1 byte
Description
Storage for variable-length text. Trailing spaces are removed from
VARCHAR values when stored in a database that
conflicts with the ANSI specification.
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