Char or Varchar? - You Decide (by John Koziol)
New to VFP 9 is behavior when a function is used in a SELECT statement that produces a character string. So, for example:
SELECT LEFT(name,10) FROM people
Prior to VFP 9, this would result in the character field “name“. New to VFP 9 is storing the data to a Varchar field.
Admittedly, this could create some legacy issues, hence, the following new SET: SET VARCHARMAPPING ON | OFF. If OFF, legacy behavior is unchanged. When ON, expressions in a SELECT will yield varchar.
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