Re: Regarding varchar max length in postgres

From: Durgamahesh Manne <maheshpostgres9(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Regarding varchar max length in postgres
Date: 2018-10-15 15:56:12
Message-ID: CAJCZko+LXQs82Jmxy2CYtmvg3JGSiW3Me=YbY42_PGBUPWFo-A@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:07 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:24 AM Durgamahesh Manne <
> maheshpostgres9(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> So i need unlimited length data type for required column of the table for
>> storing the large values
>> is there any issue to use unlimited length datatype text for the
>> required column of the table instead of using varchar ?
>>
>
> Between the two you should use the "text" data type for those columns.
> You will need to describe your use case in more detail if you want input as
> to whether you need to use the large object API instead.
>
> The database cannot store an unlimited amount of data in a single
> row+column (cell) - you will still encounter a physical limit to the number
> of bytes able to be stored in a single cell when using text.
>
> David J.
>

Hi sir

i need to store more values on required column of the table by using text
than varchar

you said that physical limit needs to be stored values in column of the
table

text variable unlimited length

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