MySQL Tutorial/Procedure Function/CHAR

CHAR(255) DEFAULT "This will be padded to 255 chars"

mysql>
mysql> delimiter $$
mysql>
mysql> CREATE PROCEDURE myProc()
    -> BEGIN
    ->      DECLARE l_char CHAR(255) DEFAULT "This will be padded to 255 chars";
    ->
    ->     select l_char;
    -> END$$
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> delimiter ;
mysql>
mysql> call myProc();
+----------------------------------+
| l_char                           |
+----------------------------------+
| This will be padded to 255 chars |
+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop procedure myProc;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>