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icedchai on Sept 10, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Problems with Oracle SQL

varchar1 was varchar. I should say "is", since varchar is still supported, they just recommend varchar2 since varchar "might change" (probably not...)

marcosdumay on Sept 11, 2021 [–]

That one actually changed already. If you follow the new recommendations, varchar is as good as varchar2.

icedchai on Sept 11, 2021 | [–]

Good to know! I haven't had to touch an Oracle database in almost 15 years, but one never knows.

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