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â¢ Although char and varchar are character data fields, char is a fixed length data field and varchar is a variable size data field. â¢ Char can store only fixed size non-Unicode string characters, but varchar can store variable sizes of strings.
They also differ in maximum length and in whether trailing spaces are retained. The CHAR and VARCHAR types are declared with a length that indicates the maximum number of characters you want to store. For example, CHAR(30) can hold up to 30 characters. The length of a CHAR column is fixed to the length that you declare when you create the table. The length can be any value from 0 to 255. When CHAR values are stored, they are right-padded with spaces to the specified length.