MySQL Tutorial/Procedure Function/CHAR

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

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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></source>