Hi, Frank,
Frank Bax wrote:
> Except that the original fields were neither variable length datatypes,
> not type text.
> create table test(]
> satu char(10),
> dua char(5)
> );
char is a textual type (in opposite to numeric types), and they are
handled as variable length datatypes internally (even if given a limit).
See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datatype-character.html
HTH,
Markus
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