Re: Re: couple of general questions

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)cupid(dot)suninternet(dot)com>
To: Gregory Wood <gregw(at)com-stock(dot)com>
Cc: Culley Harrelson <culleyharrelson(at)yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: couple of general questions
Date: 2001-01-19 21:31:46
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Gregory Wood wrote:
> Best, depending on the scenario. In cases where you are using a fixed number
> of characters, there's no need for the overhead of a varchar. For instance
> if you are storing state abbreviations, they will ALWAYS be 2 characters.

Does anyone else get annoyed when going on to an american site to
register or buy something and find that the state field is only
2 characters long?

Remember, America != World. Be careful when you say always...
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)cupid(dot)suninternet(dot)com>
http://cupid.suninternet.com/~kleptog/

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