Bug #21254 alter table char to varchar(255) don't set string size
Submitted: 24 Jul 2006 15:54 Modified: 4 Nov 2009 10:46
Reporter: patrick Blesson Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
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Category:MySQL Cluster: Cluster (NDB) storage engine Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:mysql-5.1 OS:Any
Assigned to: Hartmut Holzgraefe CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: alter, char, MYSQL V51 (5.1.12-BETA), table, varchar

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