[Open-bio-l] char(n) vs. varchar(n) in BioSQL

[James Cuff]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Thomas Down wrote:

> During the last round of schema-changes, some columns
> were changed from varchar(n) to char(n) data types. 

[snip]

he he he :-)

Is char(n) / varchar(n) to be the equivalent of:

    NULL ids(n) from EMBL and the biojava data model :-)

(ahhh!  How I so much remember the joys of testing each and every Bio*
data model against real data in CT/SA !)

J.
 
p.s. Sorry - but it had to be done :-)  We'll get there in the end - I
know it's totally non trivial, and when all is said and done - what on
earth would a 'systems guy' know about programming...

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