Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1537arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoLots of older databases had fixed length fields, and you had to pad it if it was smaller. VARCHAR is a relatively new thing. So it’s not just saving space, but that old databases tended to force the issue. Nobody has an excuse today.
Lots of older databases had fixed length fields, and you had to pad it if it was smaller.
VARCHAR
is a relatively new thing. So it’s not just saving space, but that old databases tended to force the issue.Nobody has an excuse today.