[TRAFODION-2665] Update Character String Data Types #1137
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| specifies a column with varying-length character data. VARCHAR is | ||
| equivalent to data type CHAR[ACTER] VARYING. | ||
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| * `NCHAR [(_length_)] [UPSHIFT] [[NOT]CASESPECIFIC], NATIONAL CHAR[ACTER] [(_length_)] [UPSHIFT] [[NOT]CASESPECIFIC]` | ||
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| specifies a column with data in the predefined national character set. | ||
| specifies a column with data in the predefined national character set(USC2). | ||
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This should say (UCS2). Maybe also add a space between "set" and (UCS2).
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Thanks Hans. I've incorporated your comment. :)
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| * `NCHAR VARYING [(_length_)] [UPSHIFT] [[NOT]CASESPECIFIC], NATIONAL CHAR[ACTER] VARYING (_length_) [UPSHIFT] [[NOT]CASESPECIFIC]` | ||
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| specifies a column with varying-length data in the predefined national character set. | ||
| specifies a column with varying-length data in the predefined national character set(USC2). | ||
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Thanks Hans. I've incorporated your comment. :)
| * `_unit_` | ||
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| is an optional unit of either CHAR[ACTER[S]] or BYTE[S]. This unit is meaningful only for UTF8 characters. | ||
| A UTF8 character is one to four bytes in length, therefore the storage length of a CHAR column that can hold _n_ UTF8 characters is 4*_n_ bytes. |
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Sorry, my mistake, this does not mention what the default unit is. Could we add something like: The default unit is CHARACTERS.
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Thanks Hans. I've incorporated your comment. :)
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Changes proposed in this pull request:
unitandchar-set-name.