Re: PostgreSQL CHARACTER VARYING vs CHARACTER VARYING (Length)

No, there is no impact.

Am 28.04.20 um 11:22 schrieb Rajin Raj:
> Is there any impact of using the character varying without providing
> the length while creating tables?
> I have created two tables and inserted 1M records. But I don't see any
> difference in pg_class. (size, relpage)
>
> create table test_1(name varchar);
> create table test_2(name varchar(50));
>
> insert into test_1 ... 10M records
> insert into test_2 ... 10M records
>
> vacuum (full,analyze) db_size_test_1;
> vacuum (full,analyze) db_size_test_2;
>
> Which option is recommended?
>
> *Regards,*
> *Rajin *

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