Re: [SQL] VARCHAR(50), CHAR(50) or TEXT ?

Tuples have an 8k limit.

Doo Suk Yang wrote:
>
> > > Almost none. VARCHAR won't let you go beyond the stated maximum length,
> > > whereas TEXT has no specific upper limit. Otherwise they are stored
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > in exactly the same way. (At least in Postgres ... dunno about other
> > > DBMSs.)
> >
>
> BTW there may be implicit limit. When I tried to insert sequence data an
> error occured.
> ERROR: Tuple is too big: size 9520
> Does that show the limit?
>
> How can I deal with large object?
>
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