"Toru SHIMOGAKI" <shimogaki(dot)toru(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> When a character string or a multibyte character is inserted to "char"
> column, no error occurs. Is this a bug?

That's the historical behavior of the datatype, and given that it's
been like that since Berkeley days, changing it seems ill-advised.
If you want a column that behaves sanely for multibyte data, use
char(1).

			regards, tom lane

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• BUG #3413: character string or multibyte character to "char" at 2007-06-26 10:59:11 from Toru SHIMOGAKI

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