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difference between BYTE & CHAR

685758Apr 19 2012 — edited Apr 19 2012
hi all,

In Oracle, As per below syntax, what is the difference between BYTE & CHAR used as datatype size for NAME column:

CREATE TABLE CLIENT
(
NAME VARCHAR2(11 BYTE),
ID_CLIENT NUMBER
)

and

CREATE TABLE CLIENT
(
NAME VARCHAR2(11 CHAR), -- or even VARCHAR2(11)
ID_CLIENT NUMBER
)



rgds,
pc
This post has been answered by user11440683 on Apr 19 2012
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