Varchar Data Type in Cassandra

Varchar data type is same like Text Data type in Cassandra. Varchar data type in Cassandra is used to save UTF-8 encoded string values. I was trying to find what is the difference between Text and Varchar data type in Cassandra but look like they are same. I created the tbs table with column "Name" of varchar type. After creating the table when I checked the definition of table by using describe keyword in CQL, it shows the data type of "Name" column as text.

CQLSH:techbrotherstutorials>CREATE TABLE tbs
             (
                          id INT PRIMARY KEY,
                          NAME Varchar
             );

Let's check the definition of table by using Describe Table "TableName" in CQL.

CQLSH:techbrotherstutorials>describe TABLE tbs;

Let's insert couple of records in table which has Name column as varchar data type.

CQLSH:techbrotherstutorials>INSERT INTO tbs
            (
                        id,   NAME
            )
            VALUES
            ( 1,  'Doe John'   );

CQLSH:techbrotherstutorials>INSERT INTO tbs
            (
                        id,   NAME
            )
            VALUES
            (  2,  'Test_varchar_123'  );

Check the data in table by using Select query in CQL

CQLSH:techbrotherstutorials>SELECT id,
NAME
FROM tbs;