| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [pgsql-performance] Large databases, performance |
| Date: | 2002-10-07 15:21:57 |
| Message-ID: | 23897.1034004117@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> writes:
> I say if it's a char field, there should be no indicator of length as
> it's not required. Just store those many characters straight ahead..
Your assumption fails when considering UNICODE or other multibyte
character encodings.
regards, tom lane
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