Difference between text and char(n)?

From: "Hillensbeck, Preston" <PHillensbeck(at)sfbcic(dot)com>
To: "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Difference between text and char(n)?
Date: 2002-03-27 14:23:38
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Is there really that much difference between text and char(n)? Is the
length of text dynamic to the data that you put in it, or is there some kind
of fixed width associated with it?

TIA,
Preston

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