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Re: Re: couple of general questions

Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>

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From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>
To: Gregory Wood <gregw@com-stock.com>
Cc: Culley Harrelson <culleyharrelson@yahoo.com>, PostgreSQL-General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-01-19T21:31:46Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
Gregory Wood wrote:
> Best, depending on the scenario. In cases where you are using a fixed number
> of characters, there's no need for the overhead of a varchar. For instance
> if you are storing state abbreviations, they will ALWAYS be 2 characters.

Does anyone else get annoyed when going on to an american site to
register or buy something and find that the state field is only 
2 characters long?

Remember, America != World. Be careful when you say always...
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>
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