map fixed length to variable

Map fields with a fixed length storage format (CHAR) to a variable length storage format.

USYS$ORA_PARAMS = map fixed length to variable

USYS$ORA_PARAMS = fv

Description

This setting can greatly reduce the disk space required for large table sets. However, it may also reduce the database performance by 20%-50%.

This setting maps the Oracle storage format CHAR to VARCHAR2.

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