Re: Fixed length data types issue - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: Fixed length data types issue
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Msg-id 20060915114518.GI1608@svana.org
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In response to Re: Fixed length data types issue  ("Mario Weilguni" <mario.weilguni@icomedias.com>)
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 01:38:54PM +0200, Mario Weilguni wrote:
> What about the "char" type? Isn't it designed for that? Or will this type disappear in future releases?

"char" is used in the system catalogs, I don't think it's going to go
any time soon.

There it's used as a (surprise) single byte indicater, with different
letters meaning different things.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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