Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-10-08T15:33:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance
Ron, Shridhar,

Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give me
an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of "all
strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR implementation have
resulted in measurable performance loss?

Otherwise, this discussion is rather academic ...

-Josh Berkus