VARCHAR

MySQL

Example

CREATE TABLE Customers (
    CustomerName VARCHAR(255),
    ContactName VARCHAR(255)
);

INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, ContactName)
VALUES ('Cardinal', 'Tom B. Erichsen');

Output

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Explanation

In this example, a new table named “Customers” is created with two columns: CustomerName and ContactName. Both columns are defined by the VARCHAR data type with a maximum character length of 255. A new row is then inserted into the Customers table, with ‘Cardinal’ and ‘Tom B. Erichsen’ as the values for the CustomerName and ContactName columns, respectively.

PostgreSQL

Example

CREATE TABLE Employees (
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY,
    Name VARCHAR(20),
    Age INT
);

INSERT INTO Employees (ID, Name, Age)
VALUES (1, 'John Doe', 30);

Output

Output from the operation is not visible directly. To see the inserted data, use a SELECT statement.

SELECT * FROM Employees;

Output

 ID |  Name   | Age
----+---------+-----
  1 | John Doe|  30

Explanation

The VARCHAR keyword in SQL is used to define columns of variable-length character strings. The VARCHAR(20) in the creation of the Employees table indicates that the Name field can store up to 20 characters. The INSERT INTO statement is used to add a new row of data, inserting ‘John Doe’ into the Name field of the table.

SQL Server

Example

CREATE TABLE Customers (
    CustomerID int,
    CustomerName VARCHAR(40)
);

INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerID, CustomerName)
VALUES (1, 'John Doe');

Output

Command(s) completed successfully.

Explanation

In the example provided, VARCHAR(40) is used to create a Customers table with a CustomerName column that can store up to 40 characters. The INSERT INTO statement is then used to insert a record into the table.

Oracle

Example

CREATE TABLE Employees (
  ID INT PRIMARY KEY,
  Name VARCHAR2(30),
  Address VARCHAR2(50),
  Email VARCHAR2(30)
);

INSERT INTO Employees (ID, Name, Address, Email)
VALUES (1, 'John Doe', '123 Main St', 'jdoe@example.com');

Output

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

Explanation

The VARCHAR2 data type is used to store variable length string values. In the above example, three columns: Name, Address, and Email of the Employees table are created with the VARCHAR2 data type, with a limit of 30 and 50 characters respectively. In the INSERT statement, a new employee record is inserted with an ID of 1, Name of ‘John Doe’, an Address of ‘123 Main St’, and an Email of ‘jdoe@example.com’.

SQLite

Example

CREATE TABLE Employee (
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY     NOT NULL,
    NAME           VARCHAR(100),
    AGE            INT      NOT NULL,
    ADDRESS        VARCHAR(50)
);

INSERT INTO Employee (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS) VALUES (1, 'John', 25, 'New York');

SELECT * FROM Employee;

Output

ID     NAME      AGE     ADDRESS
------ --------- ------- -----------
1      John      25      New York

Explanation

The VARCHAR data type is used to store character values of varying length, but up to a specified length. In the example, the NAME column can store up to 100 characters and the ADDRESS column can store up to 50 characters. The Employee table contains information about an employee- ID, NAME, AGE and ADDRESS. An entry for an employee named ‘John’, aged 25, living in ‘New York’ is inserted into the table and displayed using the SELECT statement.