Tripping over (my own) stupidity - VARCHAR declaration minus specificity - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Good, Thomas
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Responses Re: Tripping over (my own) stupidity - VARCHAR declaration minus specificity  (Adam Cornett <adam.cornett@gmail.com>)
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I created a table in a hurry and forgot to specify the max capacity for a varchar() data type.
Can it be said what the max would be in a case like this (just curious)?

thanks much

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