| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general(at)dynworks(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Peter E(dot) Chen" <pchen3(at)jhmi(dot)edu>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Does Postgres support BLOB datatypes? |
| Date: | 2002-01-08 22:38:08 |
| Message-ID: | 200201082238.g08Mc8206472@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Jeff Davis wrote:
> A quote from the mysql.com docs:
>
> "The only difference between BLOB and TEXT types is that sorting and
> comparison is performed in case-sensitive fashion for BLOB values and
> case-insensitive fashion for TEXT values. In other words, a TEXT is a
> case-insensitive BLOB."
We do not have case-sensitive distinctions. We are always
case-sensitive unless you use a case-insisitive operator or a function
call.
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