Re: datatypes: text vs varchar

On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 08:28, Ruslan A Dautkhanov wrote:
>     Hello,
>
>     Can anybody tell us - how much 'text' datatype harder for
>     database vs 'varchar(xx)' datatype?

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/datatype-character.html

>From that page: "Tip:  There are no performance differences between
these three types, apart from the increased storage size when using the
blank-padded type."

Cheers,

Neil
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