VARCHAR: VARIABLE CHARACTER FIELD(РУС.-текст переменного размера, в зависимости от базы данных не более, чем от 254 до 2048 символов: ENG.- A varchar or Variable Character Field is a set of character data of indeterminate length. The term varchar refers to a data type of a field (or column) in a database management system. Varchar fields can be of any size up to the limit. The limit differs from types of databases: an Oracle 9i Database has a limit of 4000 bytes, a MySQL Database has a limit of 65,535 bytes (for the entire row) and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 8000 bytes (unless varchar(max) is used, which has a maximum storage capacity of 2 gigabytes). swatimathur4)
