Re: Series of 10 questions about the use of postgresql, generally. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gavin Flower
Subject Re: Series of 10 questions about the use of postgresql, generally.
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In response to Series of 10 questions about the use of postgresql, generally.  (A Z <poweruserm@live.com.au>)
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On 6/08/21 4:45 pm, A Z wrote:
> I have been going through the free online book LEARNING postgresql 
> book, that has been compiled by Stack Overflow contributors. I have 
> gotten to the point where I have the following series of unanswered 
> questions:
[...]
>
>  9. What does the VARYING keyword do to an applicable type in a create
>     table statement? CHARACTER VARYING becomes entirely equivalent to
>     VARCHAR. Static, limited types become more dynamic and are unlimited.
>
I would suggest that you consider using the type 'text' instead.

see:  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-character.html


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