Re: PSQL Data Type: text vs. varchar(n)

From: Jeffrey Melloy <jmelloy(at)visualdistortion(dot)org>
To: Patrick TJ McPhee <ptjm(at)interlog(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PSQL Data Type: text vs. varchar(n)
Date: 2006-04-05 18:55:12
Message-ID: 44341290.5050502@visualdistortion.org
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Patrick TJ McPhee wrote:

>In article <129CC42D-26B3-4426-8A0A-B1117465F1A8(at)pervasive(dot)com>,
>Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> wrote:
>
>% Not sure if it's still true, but DB2 used to limit varchar to 255. I
>% don't think anyone limits it lower than that.
>
>Sybase: 254. Silently truncates.
>
>
>
IIRC, Oracle is 4096.

Jeff

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