| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | mike <matrix(at)quadrent(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: name vs text vs varchar |
| Date: | 2001-03-05 17:16:41 |
| Message-ID: | 200103051716.MAA12488@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> reading through the curent development docs, I've run accross
> a data type called "name", and it looks very similar to varchar
> or text, and I'm wondering if there is any atvantage to useing
> this data type over varchar or even text?
It is used for system catalogs. No reason for users to use it. It is
fixed length 31 or NAMEDATALEN-1, and has no 4-byte length header like
the other text/varchar/char types.
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