SQL Data Types CHAR and VARCHAR
Example
String data types of either fixed length or variable length.
Syntax:
CHAR [ ( n_chars ) ]
VARCHAR [ ( n_chars ) ]
Examples:
SELECT CAST('ABC' AS CHAR(10)) -- 'ABC ' (padded with spaces on the right)
SELECT CAST('ABC' AS VARCHAR(10)) -- 'ABC' (no padding due to variable character)
SELECT CAST('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' AS CHAR(10)) -- 'ABCDEFGHIJ' (truncated to 10 characters)
