Re: RE: couple of general questions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: RE: couple of general questions
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In response to RE: couple of general questions  ("Harrelson, CulleyX" <culleyx.harrelson@intel.com>)
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Harrelson, CulleyX writes:

> Is there any difference between varchar and text other than varchar places a
> cap on the number of characters?

Varchar is SQL compliant, Text is not.  You can use Varchar without a
character limit, but that is not SQL compliant either.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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