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CHAR BYTE

Description

The CHAR BYTE data type is an alias for the BINARY data type. This is a compatibility feature.

EXAMPLES

CREATE TABLE char_byte_example (
  example CHAR BYTE
);
SHOW CREATE TABLE char_byte_example\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: char_byte_example
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `char_byte_example` (
  `example` binary(1) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
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