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Re: Re: couple of general questions

Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>

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From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-01-20T23:54:32Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> Gregory Wood wrote:
> > Best, depending on the scenario. In cases where you are using a fixed number
> > of characters, there's no need for the overhead of a varchar. For instance
> > if you are storing state abbreviations, they will ALWAYS be 2 characters.
>
> Does anyone else get annoyed when going on to an american site to
> register or buy something and find that the state field is only
> 2 characters long?

Nope.  But then again my e-commerce site doesn't accept orders from
outside of the US or Canada.   Shipping's too high.

Vince.
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