Why does VARCHAR need length specification?

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The “length” of the VARCHAR is not the length of the contents, it is the maximum length of the contents.

The max length of a VARCHAR is not dynamic, it is fixed and therefore has to be specified.

If you don’t want to define a maximum size for it then use VARCHAR(MAX).

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