VARCHARACTER

Variable-length character string type. VARCHARACTER columns store strings of variable length up to a specified maximum (up to 65,535).

Overview

See VARCHAR.

EXAMPLES

CREATE TABLE varcharacter_example (
  example VARCHARACTER(32)
);

SHOW CREATE TABLE varcharacter_example\G

*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: varcharacter_example
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `varcharacter_example` (
  `example` varchar(32) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

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