varchar vs char vs text - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Singer Wang
Subject varchar vs char vs text
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Msg-id 20020212161954.C27959@cs.dal.ca
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Re: varchar vs char vs text
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if I have a column that's gonna be between 5-300 charactors...  should I go with a
a charactor? varchar? or a text?

what's the performance penalty going with a text instead of a varchar... or a char?
I don't need to index it.... nor search based on it..

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