Syntax
{ CHAR | CHARACTER }[(length)] FOR BIT DATA
length is
an unsigned integer literal designating the length in bytes.
The default length for
a CHAR FOR BIT DATA type is 1., and the maximum size of length is 254
bytes.
JDBC metadata type (java.sql.Types)
BINARY
CHAR
FOR BIT DATA stores fixed-length byte strings. If a CHAR FOR BIT DATA value
is smaller than the target CHAR FOR BIT DATA, it is padded with a 0x20 byte
value.
Comparisons of CHAR FOR BIT DATA and VARCHAR FOR BIT DATA values
are precise. For two bit strings to be equal, they must be exactly the
same length. (This differs from the way some other DBMSs handle BINARY values
but works as specified in SQL-92.)
An operation on a VARCHAR FOR BIT
DATA and a CHAR FOR BIT DATA value (e.g., a concatenation) yields a VARCHAR
FOR BIT DATA value.