This reminds me of the times when I wanted to do things "the right way" so instead of using phpMyAdmin I switched to using MySQL Workbench (which I no longer us

This reminds me of the times when I wanted to do things "the right way" so instead of using phpMyAdmin I switched to using MySQL Workbench (which I no longer use now, it was slow and painful). Its default VARCHAR size was an oddly specific 45 characters. Edit: Seems like someone else was wondering about the same thing, with no clear answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13174307/mysql-workbench-why-is-the-default-varchar-45 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13174307/mysql-workbench...