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String

String Data Types

In Databend, strings can be stored in the VARCHAR field, the storage size is variable.

NameAliasesStorage Size
VARCHARSTRINGvariable

Functions

See String Functions.

Example

CREATE TABLE string_table(text VARCHAR);
DESC string_table;

Result:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Field │ Type │ Null │ Default │ Extra │
├────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┤
│ text │ VARCHAR │ YES │ NULL │ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
INSERT INTO string_table VALUES('databend');
SELECT * FROM string_table;

Result:

┌──────────────────┐
│ text │
├──────────────────┤
│ databend │
└──────────────────┘
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