RE: Why does USER require VARCHAR and not work with CHAR? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: Why does USER require VARCHAR and not work with CHAR?
From: Matt Olson <Matt.Olson@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:12:19 +0000
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Could be. I wonder how often you have to re-evaluate your allocation choice in all fields in all database tables in DB2? Sounds like a full time job.

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From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: RE: Why does USER require VARCHAR and not work with CHAR?

Or could it be that other databases are silly stupid and always ship you out to extents?

Rob Berendt

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