Re: RE: couple of general questions

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "Harrelson, CulleyX" <culleyx(dot)harrelson(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: "'Gregory Wood'" <gregw(at)com-stock(dot)com>, "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RE: couple of general questions
Date: 2001-01-22 21:14:36
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0101222211510.1090-100000@peter.localdomain
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Harrelson, CulleyX writes:

> Is there any difference between varchar and text other than varchar places a
> cap on the number of characters?

Varchar is SQL compliant, Text is not. You can use Varchar without a
character limit, but that is not SQL compliant either.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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