From: | lsunley(at)mb(dot)sympatico(dot)ca |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: More on Order by |
Date: | 2004-12-26 20:21:14 |
Message-ID: | 0I9C0093CM0R8M@l-daemon |
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OK
I believe that..
But why does order by work on a "name" column but not a "char(10)" column.
See my earlier (posted later because of problems) e-mail.
Lorne
In <20041226211640(dot)GA28590(at)winnie(dot)fuhr(dot)org>, on 12/26/04
at 02:16 PM, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> said:
>On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 02:57:08PM -0500, lsunley(at)mb(dot)sympatico(dot)ca wrote:
>> So what is difference between a "name" and a char(10)???
>See the "Character Types" section in the "Data Types" chapter of the
>documentation.
>"The name type exists _only_ for storage of identifiers in the internal
>system catalogs and is not intended for use by the general user."
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