Re: [HACKERS] no operator '=' for types char16 and text
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-03-04T03:35:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > Thus spake Thomas G. Lockhart > > the charX types (char2, 4, 8, 16) are not well supported. They are > > likely to disappear in the next release, with the parser mapping them to > > char(X) (or varchar(X), whichever is the best match) for backward > > compatibility. > > > > The major string types are char(), varchar(), and text. > > Is there a performance hit if the values chosen are not powers of 2? Nope. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)