Re: Does this matter?

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>
Cc: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>, <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-11-01T22:00:09Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
Phillip,

> Really?  According to this url (search for "Tip") there is no performance
> difference just a space difference.  I don't know for sure either way, but
> if there is a difference the manual needs updating.
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?datatype-character.html

Actually, that note is intended to tell people that CHAR is not any faster 
than VARCHAR for the same-length string ... since CHAR *is* faster than 
VARCHAR in some systems, like MS SQL Server.

-- 
-Josh Berkus