| From: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Varchar Vs. Text index matching - why different? |
| Date: | 2003-03-20 23:36:58 |
| Message-ID: | 5.1.0.14.0.20030321103410.03e48a38@mail.rhyme.com.au |
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At 10:18 AM 20/03/2003 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>I have been wondering whether we couldn't eliminate the datatype
>distinction between text and varchar.
That would be great if done magically in the backend. If all text columns
were effectively wrapped in a Cast(X to text), life from a users PoV would
be a little simpler. I assume Varchar(20) would still exist and be limited
to 20 chars.
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