Re: audit information

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: KeithW(at)narrowpathinc(dot)com
Cc: PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: audit information
Date: 2005-04-25 21:08:49
Message-ID: 24328.1114463329@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Keith Worthington" <keithw(at)narrowpathinc(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a reason not to store the user name as type name?

I'd use text; name is fixed-width and will waste space on trailing
blanks. (Same objection to char(64) of course.)

> I am assuming there is no reason to use varchar(64).

Not particularly.

regards, tom lane

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