Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> I see in the data types section for character types this text:
>
> There are no performance differences between these three types,
> apart from the increased storage size when using the blank-padded
> type.
>
> I can't improve on that.
I added a mention of TOAST in the character data type docs:
Long values are also stored in background tables so they don't
interfere with rapid access to the shorter column values.
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