Discussion
What is the best data type definition for Oracle when a field is alphanumeric and has a length that can vary?
Answer: A
Correct answer: VARCHAR2
VARCHAR2 stores only the characters actually supplied, so a column declared long enough for the worst case costs nothing for the shorter values. CHAR pads every value to the full declared width, which wastes space and can complicate comparison when the data varies in length.
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