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: brett@work.chicken.org (Brett McCormick)
Cc: darcy@druid.net, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-03-04T18:23:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > On Wed, 4 March 1998, at 11:01:16, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > > Thus spake Bruce Momjian > > > > > > The major string types are char(), varchar(), and text. > > > > > Is there a performance hit if the values chosen are not powers of 2? > > > > Nope. > > > > > > Cool. > > > > > > Except I'm a dinosaur and somehow it doesn't feel right if it isn't a > > > power of two. Oh well. :-) > > > > That's what char2,char4, char8, and char16 are for. > > But these types are depreciated! :) We can call it our "dinosaur"-compatability module. :-) -- 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)