What's the difference between VARCHAR(255) and TINYTEXT string types in MySQL?

Question

What\'s the difference between VARCHAR(255) and TINYTEXT string types in MySQL?

Each of them allows to store strings with a maximum length of 255 characters. Storage

Answer 1

Using VARCHAR you can set the column to NULL or NOT NULL and you can set DEFAULT value, but not with TEXT. Use VARCHAR if you need one or both feature, NULL and DEFAULT.