Re: datatypes: text vs varchar

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Ruslan A Dautkhanov <rusland(at)scn(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: datatypes: text vs varchar
Date: 2002-12-08 17:44:27
Message-ID: 1039369467.350.14.camel@tokyo
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On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 08:28, Ruslan A Dautkhanov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anybody tell us - how much 'text' datatype harder for
> database vs 'varchar(xx)' datatype?

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/datatype-character.html

>From that page: "Tip: There are no performance differences between
these three types, apart from the increased storage size when using the
blank-padded type."

Cheers,

Neil
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