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char, nchar, varchar and nvarchar

char[(n)]

Fixed-length character data in single-byte character sets with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 255. Storage size is n bytes.

nchar[(n)]

Fixed-length character data in multibyte character sets with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 255. Storage size is n*@@ncharsize bytes.

varchar[(n)]

Variable-length character data in single-byte character sets with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 255. Storage size is the actual length of the data entered, not n bytes.

nvarchar[(n)]

Variable-length character data in multibyte character sets with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 255. Storage size, in bytes, is the actual number of characters entered * @@ncharsize.

Remarks

When n is not specified in a data definition, the default length is 1.


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