Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] impossible insert data into VARCHAR

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

Cc: hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 1998-02-06T02:28:07Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

> Do we need to disallow varchar() and char() without a length?

The question might be moot since Jan's suggestion may fix the behavior. But, just for completeness...

char, char(), and varchar() are SQL92 character types. varchar - with no arguments - is not, and seems as
though it is functionally equivalent to "text". Could do without it if necessary, but it is a nice extension.

                                               - Tom