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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>Max VARCHAR Size</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maximum length of a VARCHAR is only restricted by the maximum row length. In most storage engines, the maximum row length is the maximum allowed by MySQL, which is 65,535 bytes. Only the NDB storage engine has a different maximum value. The VARCHAR data type has some overhead. If the length of VARCHAR is [...]]]></description>
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