Re: determining maxsize for character varying - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Andreas Kretschmer
Subject Re: determining maxsize for character varying
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Msg-id 20070616105525.GA13754@KanotixBox
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In response to determining maxsize for character varying  (okparanoid@free.fr)
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okparanoid@free.fr <okparanoid@free.fr> schrieb:

> Hello i would like to know if not determining a max size value for a character
> varying's fields decrease the perfomance (perhaps size of stockage ? or
> something else ?)

No problem because of the TOAST-technology:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-toast.html


Andreas
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