Joins and field types

From: Zak McGregor <zak(at)mighty(dot)co(dot)za>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Joins and field types
Date: 2001-01-12 09:35:58
Message-ID: 200101120935.LAA01114@zak.home.dom
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Hi all

What sort of performance penalty on joins using varchar(n) vs. int fields can I expect if both tables are fairly small (ie unlikely to have more than 20000 rows each)?

Is there a good reference or two on these sorts of questions?

thanks a lot

Ciao

Zak McGregor

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