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neil
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2003-05-06 : 05:33:40
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| It is better to use a varchar(8000) than a text field if you require that amount to storage. |
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Andraax
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2003-05-06 : 05:47:24
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| It's generally better to use varchar fields if they allow the correct amount of storage, yes. |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2003-05-06 : 09:32:16
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| Kalle,That was an easy one....Next!Brett8-) |
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ValterBorges
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1429 Posts |
Posted - 2003-05-06 : 20:00:20
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| http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24383 |
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MaverickUK
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2003-05-07 : 05:06:07
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| Also I believe that TEXT fields aren't stored on with the rest of the table data by default, but just contain a pointer to the actual TEXT data stored. Which would slow things down, rather than having all the data on the same table. |
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text or varchar field