Re: Large Objects

On 10/07/2016 12:25 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2016-10-07 9:10 GMT+02:00 Jürgen Purtz <juergen(at)purtz(dot)de
> <mailto:juergen(at)purtz(dot)de>>:
>
> a) What is the distinction between our data type TEXT and the
> SQL:2011 data type CLOB which we do not support (T041)?
>
>
> TEXT type is classic type - you can do any available operation directly
> there. You don't need special conversions.
>
>
>
> b) Is there a distinction between the two Postgres data types TEXT
> and "CHARACTER VARYING without specifying a length" - or are they
> only synonym terms without different functionalities and capabilities?
>
>
> TEXT and varchar are pretty same types - you cannot to set limit over
> TEXT type - only this is visible difference

See also:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/998.1474901921%40sss.pgh.pa.us

>
> Regards
>
> Pavel
>
>
>
> Kind regards, Jürgen
>
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