Re: [HACKERS] varchar/char size - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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Subject Re: [HACKERS] varchar/char size
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.3.96.980107184359.254y-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to varchar/char size  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] varchar/char size  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> In my experience, char() is full size as defined by create, and
> varchar() is the the size of the actual data in the field, like text,
> but with a pre-defined limit.

    Can you remind me what the difference is between text and varchar?  Why
would you use varchar over text?

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org


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