"Don Mies (NIM)" <dmies@networksinmotion.com> writes:
> Are there any reasons for not using the "text" type whenever a variable
> length string field is needed? Are there penalties in disk usage,
> memory usage or performance?
No, no, and no. The only good reason I've heard of to avoid text is
that there are some "database independent" client-side tools that
don't really understand it, and if you're using one of those it's
a problem.
regards, tom lane