Re: [Solved] SQL Server to PostgreSQL

From: Ian Turner <vectro(at)pipeline(dot)com>
To: Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Martin Christensen <knightsofspamalot-factotum(at)mail1(dot)stofanet(dot)dk>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [Solved] SQL Server to PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-09-03 01:18:22
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0009021817420.4481-100000@crafter.house
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> From 7.1 on the system will try to compress all types
> internally stored as variable length (char(), varchar(), text
> and some more). So the real amount of bytes for a char(188)
> will be "at maximum 192 - probably less".

Don't variable-length records incur a performance overhead? In this case,
ought I be able to specify the length for a record if I know ahead of time
it will be the same in every case? :o

Ian Turner
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