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  • Sep 16 2005
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    In Oracle varchar2 takes dynamic space for storage then why char is still in oracle?
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    Vijay Shewale

    • Sep 11th, 2014

    The reason behind char is still in oracle that is some of the table and objects are stored in oracle in char data types. to support that data types for that it is still in oracle. one more thing that ...

    Paras

    • Feb 23rd, 2013

    To Provide backward compatibility. i.e. program written in older version of Oracle might have CHAR used in it. The newer version should be compatible with it. Thats why CHAR is still there in Oracle ..