| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Edwin Quijada <listas_quijada(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: char o varchar |
| Date: | 2003-09-16 20:35:34 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0309161434100.5612-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Edwin Quijada wrote:
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> Hoii!!
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> I am creating my struct and I have the question :
> What I must use for character fields char or varchar?
> Which are the differences? and the better
Generally speaking, varchar or text() types are preferred. char() types
are padded. I.e. if you create a table with char(8) and insert 'abc' then
select it, you'll get 'abc ' back, i.e. abc followed by padding spaces
to make it 8 wide.
Most of the time this is not what the user wants.
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