>>Dear All
>>
>>Somehow did not sound right to me but it is infact happening.
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>>Changed one large column (240 chars) from Character to Varchar and size on disc actually increased ???
>>I was actually expecting some optimisation with disc space but got actually opossite from what I expected
>>Difference is very small but still ...
>>
>>Is varchar introduced only for better compatibility with remote data or there is some other practical use to
>>varchar fields versus old fashion character type columns ?
>>
>>TIA
>
>Check this recent thread Re: Saving space with Varchar Thread #1345228 Message #1345231

Oh ok. If Sergey say so that is it then :).