Re: fixed size columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Manfred Koizar
Subject Re: fixed size columns
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Msg-id ubi4bv0s7bvve8e7no6anmfcl6200mvr0b@4ax.com
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In response to Re: fixed size columns  (elein <elein@sbcglobal.net>)
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:28:27 -0700, elein <elein@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>But are the fixed size varchars and characters
>being stored as varlenas with a 4byte overhead
>[...]?

Yes.  One of the reasons for this is that a fixed number of characters
does not necessarily mean a fixed number of bytes.

Servus
 Manfred


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