MySQL nchar

MySQL nchar define the datatype nchar that stores fixed-length character
data. The data can be a string single-byte or multibyte letters, digits and
symbols supported by the code set of the database locale.
Create table:
The Tutorial illustrate an example from 'MySQL nchar'. To understand and
elaborate an example we create a table 'nchar' that has the required fieldnames
and datatypes respectively.
mysql> CREATE TABLE nchar (
-> a int,
-> b nchar(24),
-> c nchar(40)
-> )
-> ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)
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Query for inserting data in the table:
The Query insert into is used to add the records or rows to the table
'nchar'.
mysql> insert into nchar
-> values
-> (1,'G','T'),
-> (2,'K','S');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
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Query for viewing data of the table:
mysql> select * from nchar;
+------+------+------+
| a | b | c |
+------+------+------+
| 1 | G | T |
| 2 | K | S |
+------+------+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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Query for describing data of the table:
The Query desc is used to show the Field, Type, Null etc property of a
table nchar.
mysql> desc nchar;
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| a | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
| b | char(24) | YES | | NULL | |
| c | char(40) | YES | | NULL | |
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)
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