Re: what is the limit for string

Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>

From: Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>
To: Rosie Sedghi <rosie@macadamian.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-05-04T19:15:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Rosie Sedghi wrote:

> hello 
> Would you tell me how many characters we can have as a string field?
> Thanks a lot.

Questions like this should be sent to pgsql-general or pgsql-novice.

There is no string field. There are CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT, and a few other
unusual text-type fields.

Look at the section on data types in the User's Manual for info.

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Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington