| From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Rachit Siamwalla <rachit(at)ensim(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: varchar vs. text |
| Date: | 2001-07-11 13:56:27 |
| Message-ID: | 200107111356.f6BDuR419767@jupiter.us.greatbridge.com |
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Rachit Siamwalla wrote:
>
> Is there any good reason to use VARCHAR over TEXT for a string field? ie.
> performance hits, etc.
>
> Other than running into the row size limit problem, are there any large
> storage / performance penalties of using TEXT for virtually all strings?
Er - what kind of "row size limit"? I remember vaguely that
there was something the like in ancient releases, but forgot
the specific restrictions.
Jan
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