Default size limit for 'character varying' in Postgres 8?

From: Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey(at)proteus-tech(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Default size limit for 'character varying' in Postgres 8?
Date: 2005-08-04 15:57:32
Message-ID: 42F23AEC.3010608@proteus-tech.com
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In Postgres 8, if a row attribute is defined as 'character varying'
without specifying a size, what is its size limit? Is it a
platform-specific/char encoding issue? Is this the same as declaring it
a 'text' type? I don't find this specified in the documentation.

thanx & later,

Ben Scherrey

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