Re: pgsql: Doc: document bpchar, clarify relationship of text and varchar.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Doc: document bpchar, clarify relationship of text and varchar.
Date: 2022-12-02 20:26:46
Message-ID: 2129300.1670012806@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> BPCHAR is documented as an alias to CHARACTER, but the former can end
> up with no typmod at all whereas the latter defaults to CHARACTER(1).

> Should we document the case of using BPCHAR with no length?

Perhaps; you got specific wording in mind?

(I think that that difference is in fact documented somewhere,
but maybe not where you looked.)

regards, tom lane

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