Kris writes:
> My thought is that because I will likely have many
> updates/inserts/deletes occurring I should set each column that requires
> text to a static ammount (ie using char(30) instead of text).
That would buy you absolutely nothing. char() is not faster than text.
Instead you would make everything slower because the system would
constantly have to pad and trim your values and it would bloat the storage
with the extra spaces.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
