| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: A modest proposal for a FAQ addition |
| Date: | 2003-01-12 16:55:23 |
| Message-ID: | 200301121655.h0CGtNa18456@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > OK, new text is:
>
> I think Tom specifically wanted the notion "don't use CHAR(n), it has
> unusual behavior" to appear prominently in the FAQ. The current text
> simply rehashes the documentation.
I can't say "don't use CHAR(n)" because there are valid reasons to use
it.
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