Re: what is the limit for string

From: Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>
To: Rosie Sedghi <rosie(at)macadamian(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: what is the limit for string
Date: 2001-05-04 19:15:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0105041513580.30777-100000@olympus.scw.org
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On Tue, 1 May 2001, Rosie Sedghi wrote:

> hello
> Would you tell me how many characters we can have as a string field?
> Thanks a lot.

Questions like this should be sent to pgsql-general or pgsql-novice.

There is no string field. There are CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT, and a few other
unusual text-type fields.

Look at the section on data types in the User's Manual for info.

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Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington

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