Varchar vs. text - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mihai Gheorghiu
Subject Varchar vs. text
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Msg-id 000d01c0d4b9$9f9a4620$6e646464@New6.Travel
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Which of varchar(50) and text is more efficient in terms of storage and
retrieval speed for a remarks field that most likely will be left empty and
will not be searched (only retrieved in queries as part of the record).


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