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

From: Doo Suk Yang <microbe(at)mail(dot)lgchem(dot)co(dot)kr>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] VARCHAR(50), CHAR(50) or TEXT ?
Date: 1999-05-27 07:00:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.05.9905271557130.10553-100000@maldives.rnd.lgchem.co.kr
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> > Almost none. VARCHAR won't let you go beyond the stated maximum length,
> > whereas TEXT has no specific upper limit. Otherwise they are stored
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> > 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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