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		<title>TEXT vs. VARCHAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On first glance, it looks like TEXT and VARCHAR can store the same information. However, there are fundamental differences between the way TEXT fields and VARCHAR fields work, which are important to take into consideration. Standard VARCHAR is actually part of the ISO SQL:2003 standard; The TEXT data types, including TINYTEXT, are non-standard. Storage TEXT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Data Type is Returned by a Mathematical Function?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicklas Westerlund</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or, &#8220;Missing information in the MySQL Manual&#8221;. Just earlier today, I was using POW(), which I&#8217;ve grown quite fond of, simply because it makes life easier. I prefer using it like SELECT 512*POW(1024,2) to find out the number of bytes to put in a variable, for example. First, let&#8217;s take a look at the POW [...]]]></description>
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