| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)cupid(dot)suninternet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: couple of general questions |
| Date: | 2001-01-20 23:54:32 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.30.0101201852530.37636-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> Gregory Wood wrote:
> > Best, depending on the scenario. In cases where you are using a fixed number
> > of characters, there's no need for the overhead of a varchar. For instance
> > if you are storing state abbreviations, they will ALWAYS be 2 characters.
>
> Does anyone else get annoyed when going on to an american site to
> register or buy something and find that the state field is only
> 2 characters long?
Nope. But then again my e-commerce site doesn't accept orders from
outside of the US or Canada. Shipping's too high.
Vince.
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