RE: [SQL] VARCHAR(50), CHAR(50) or TEXT ?

From: "Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com>
To: Chris Bitmead <chris(dot)bitmead(at)bigfoot(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: RE: [SQL] VARCHAR(50), CHAR(50) or TEXT ?
Date: 1999-05-27 15:17:30
Message-ID: D05EF808F2DFD211AE4A00105AA1B5D21C4BC5@cpsmail
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Use large object to deal with large objects. lo_import, lo_export ...
-DEJ

> Tuples have an 8k limit.
>
> Doo Suk Yang wrote:
> >
> > > > Almost none. VARCHAR won't let you go beyond the stated maximum
> length,
> > > > whereas TEXT has no specific upper limit. Otherwise they are stored
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > in exactly the same way. (At least in Postgres ... dunno about
> other
> > > > DBMSs.)
> > >
> >
> > BTW there may be implicit limit. When I tried to insert sequence data an
> > error occured.
> > ERROR: Tuple is too big: size 9520
> > Does that show the limit?
> >
> > How can I deal with large object?
> >
> >
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