InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comTue, 21 May 2013 09:54:46 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxI like your question. Thanks. My learning is growing very fast with this community.Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:39:09 GMTIgorMihttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxSo true!Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:33:32 GMTkmoskalhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxVS COBOL, VS COBOL I, VS COBOL II along with IMS and DB2 ...all so long ago (after BAL) back in the early and mid eighties ...age and senility are sometimes close comrades in arms !Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:21:15 GMTrudy - Doctor "X"http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspx[quote][b]chriscoates (9/2/2009)[/b][hr]Every question's easy if you know the answer. I was surprised at this one, and got it right on the basis I knew one of my colleagues had got it wrong and I could make and educated guess. I've been writing extensive amounts of TSQL for more years than I care to count and I have never written [code="sql"] character varying(20) [/code] in place of [code="sql"] VARCHAR(20) [/code] It almost begs the question, why is it not "CHARVAR(20)"Every day's a school day.[/quote]I guess you never did any coding in COBOL. Character varying is used all over the FD Section.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:04:40 GMTkmoskalhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxAmazing - yet another new thing that I have learned about SQL !!!Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:26:38 GMTrudy - Doctor "X"http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxEvery question's easy if you know the answer. I was surprised at this one, and got it right on the basis I knew one of my colleagues had got it wrong and I could make and educated guess. I've been writing extensive amounts of TSQL for more years than I care to count and I have never written [code="sql"] character varying(20) [/code] in place of [code="sql"] VARCHAR(20) [/code] It almost begs the question, why is it not "CHARVAR(20)"Every day's a school day.Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:41:52 GMTchriscoateshttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxSo easy question.. just for kids..Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:02:25 GMTkrantikishorpphttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxIt's a fairly easy question, but so far 27% have missed itWed, 02 Sep 2009 05:17:11 GMTBritt Cluffhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxEasy one!Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:07:12 GMTVM-723206http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic781212-1636-1.aspxComments posted to this topic are about the item [B]<A HREF="/questions/Programming/67390/">Data Types</A>[/B]Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:10:41 GMTBritt Cluff