3 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlvarchar vs char speed improvement
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Ow Mun Heng26 Sep 2005 19:39 
Pooly27 Sep 2005 02:59 
Martijn van den Burg28 Sep 2005 09:31 
Subject:varchar vs char speed improvement
From:Ow Mun Heng (Ow.M@wdc.com)
Date:09/26/2005 07:39:31 PM
List:com.mysql.lists.mysql

Is there any doc looking at benchmarks of a database which is populated entirely with fixed length char compared to variable character lengths?

I know using char is preferred over varchar when it comes to speed. Is there any available benchmarks available?

Pointers where would be appreciated.