SQLite VARCHAR default size

Question

In SQLite, when I say:

CREATE TABLE my_table 
(
    my_column VARCHAR 
);

without specifying the size of VARCHAR, what is the defa

Answer 1

It doesn't matter.

SQLite does not use sizes when declaring the VARCHAR type. In fact, it almost doesn't use the type either.

You can store TEXT in an INT column in SQLite. And SQLite will never truncate a TEXT column.

Answer 2

From what I can gather, VARCHAR is the same as TEXT

http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html

Also see http://www.sqlite.org/different.html#flex

Answer 3

In SQLite, Text is the parent of VARCHAR and in the default installation is no different http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html.