On 11/17/12 5:37 PM, David Johnston wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2012, at 20:11, Jasen Betts<jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
>> >On 2012-11-05, Moshe Jacobson<moshe@neadwerx.com> wrote:
>>> >>But more importantly, what's the practical difference between varchar with
>>> >>no limit and text?
>> >text is immeasurably faster.
> If it cannot be measured then how can you claim this?
>
> Everything I've heard says there is no difference between "varchar" and "text" as they are simply synonyms for the
sameunderlying implementation. What makes you think differently?
I think he meant a tiny tiny bit faster, primarily due to not having to
validate the length.
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