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Subject: text vs varchar
From: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
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Date: 18 Jun 2002 18:07:40 -0400
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Is there any disadvantage of using TEXT datatype as opposed to a VARCHAR
datatype with a maximum length, especially when I do searches on them?

Thanks


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Wei Weng
Network Software Engineer
KenCast Inc.