Re: How to handle larger databases?

From: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to handle larger databases?
Date: 2004-11-22 13:59:30
Message-ID: 41A1F0C2.9060104@3times25.net
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Matt wrote:
>>Latin-9 5 bytes
>>UTF-8 6 bytes
>>UTF-16 10 bytes
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>>But it should still fit in a char(5), wouldn't you agree?
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> Got you.
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>>In postgresql there is no difference in storage method between text,
>>varchar(n) and char(n).
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> Learn something new every day. Thanks!

So that would say the previous statements are not accurate? That is,
there's no problem with using a varchar?

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Until later, Geoffrey

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