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paulddraper on April 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: SQL:2023 is finished: Here is what's new

IIRC SQL already allows default limits for `NUMERIC`, `DECIMAL`, `FLOAT`, and `TIMESTAMP`.

This is simply allowing it for `VARCHAR` as well. In a sense, making it more consistent :)

dspillett on April 14, 2023 [–]

A wonderful example of illogical logic – officially making things more consistently inconsistent!

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