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 ##### Tighten up the schema
 
 * MySQL dumps to disk in contiguous blocks for fast access.
-* Use `CHAR` instead of `VARCHAR` for fixed-length fields.
-    * `CHAR` effectively allows for fast, random access, whereas with `VARCHAR`, you must find the end of a string before moving onto the next one.
 * Use `TEXT` for large blocks of text such as blog posts.  `TEXT` also allows for boolean searches.  Using a `TEXT` field results in storing a pointer on disk that is used to locate the text block.
 * Use `INT` for larger numbers up to 2^32 or 4 billion.
 * Use `DECIMAL` for currency to avoid floating point representation errors.