Re: Difference between VARCHARs - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Difference between VARCHARs
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0203111403580.690-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Difference between VARCHARs  (Robert.Farrugia@go.com.mt)
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Robert.Farrugia@go.com.mt writes:

> What difference does it make between declaring a field as VARCHAR(N) where
> N is an integer and declaring it just VARCHAR without giving the length ?

The former has a length limit, the latter doesn't.

http://www.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.2/postgres/datatype-character.html

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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