Re: [SQL] char type seems the same as char(1) - Mailing list pgsql-sql

> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Should I add this to the TODO list, that char is not char1 but has
> > 4-byte length?
>
> Well, Tom Lockhart responded that "it's not a bug, it's a feature".
> I still think it's broken --- and certainly the fact that quoting
> affects the result (char and "char" act differently) is not good.
> But the discussion seems to have died out without producing any
> definite plan of action.

If we use char1 for internal tables, we should allow it externally, if
only as char1.  I will add it to the TODO list.

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