Re: Column data type in doc example may be changed to VARCHAR from TEXT

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Muhammad Ikram <mmikram(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Column data type in doc example may be changed to VARCHAR from TEXT
Date: 2024-07-18 05:17:56
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYOvYxA-UQxefZbXJGBr8pKeHUqosJExzjbFfXv2F6VHw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Muhammad Ikram <mmikram(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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>
> IMHO, a minor issue in the doc. As a good practice we use TEXT data type
> when we expect longer text e.g. comments, doc kind of columns.
>

Who is we in this conversation? If it’s the documentation please reference
existing work. Text is our preferred type and we are fairly consistent in
using it to my knowledge.

David J.

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