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Re: [pgsql-performance] Large databases, performance

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-10-07T15:21:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance 
"Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in> writes:
> I say if it's a char field, there should be no indicator of length as
> it's not required. Just store those many characters straight ahead..

Your assumption fails when considering UNICODE or other multibyte
character encodings.

			regards, tom lane