Re: Series of 10 questions about the use of postgresql, generally.

From: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>
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Subject: Re: Series of 10 questions about the use of postgresql, generally.
Date: 2021-08-07 01:15:20
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On 6/08/21 4:45 pm, A Z wrote:
> I have been going through the free online book LEARNING postgresql
> book, that has been compiled by Stack Overflow contributors. I have
> gotten to the point where I have the following series of unanswered
> questions:
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>
> 9. What does the VARYING keyword do to an applicable type in a create
> table statement? CHARACTER VARYING becomes entirely equivalent to
> VARCHAR. Static, limited types become more dynamic and are unlimited.
>
I would suggest that you consider using the type 'text' instead.

see:  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/datatype-character.html

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