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Re: [HACKERS] varchar/char size

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

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From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-01-07T22:44:24Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> In my experience, char() is full size as defined by create, and
> varchar() is the the size of the actual data in the field, like text,
> but with a pre-defined limit.

	Can you remind me what the difference is between text and varchar?  Why
would you use varchar over text?

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org