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convert varchar to char

convert varchar to char

2005-08-13 - By Roger Baklund

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Pooly wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to convert a varchar to a char, but it doesn't seems to work.

From the manual: "...all CHAR columns longer than three characters are
changed to VARCHAR columns."

<URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/silent-column-changes.html >

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Roger

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