> > Even if I know that each of those fields can't possibly be bigger than = 32 > > characters? Which leads me to another question, does the size of the > > varchar matter at all (as I assume you just use 4 bytes to keep the > > length) >=20 > Yes, please look into Valentina kerel.pdf
Just an idea: would a pstring type save bytes?
Instead of 4 bytes for length use one byte for varchars smaller than 256 bytes. Would that save CPU time or disk space?
Mfg Christian
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