Re: NUMERIC x VARCHAR - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Pierre-Frédéric Caillaud
Subject Re: NUMERIC x VARCHAR
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In response to NUMERIC x VARCHAR  (Er Galvão Abbott <galvao@galvao.eti.br>)
Responses Re: NUMERIC x VARCHAR  (Er Galvão Abbott <galvao@galvao.eti.br>)
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Numeric won't store that :

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:42:33 -0300, Er Galvão Abbott
<galvao@galvao.eti.br> wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I have a question regarding performance of certain datatypes:
>
> I have a field where I will store my clients phone numbers. I know that
> this
> field will never exceed 15 characters, and I will store only numbers
> here (no
> dashes, dots, etc...), so I was wondering:
>
> Wich type is faster: NUMERIC(15,0) or VARCHAR(15)? Are there any storage
> differences between them?
>
> TIA,
>



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