Re: "char" quoted in column information schema view - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: "char" quoted in column information schema view
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Msg-id 19667.1168819241@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to "char" quoted in column information schema view  ("Rainer J. H. Brandt" <rjhb@bb-c.de>)
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"Rainer J. H. Brandt" <rjhb@bb-c.de> writes:
> In the output below (seen with PostgreSQL 8.1.3 and 8.2.1),
> is it intentional that "char" is quoted, or is it a bug?

It's intentional --- that type is not the same as CHAR(n).

            regards, tom lane

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