Re: VARCHAR vs TEXT

>>>>> "BM" == Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

BM>     <P>CHAR() is best when storing strings that are usually the
BM>     same length.  VARCHAR() is best when storing variable-length strings,
BM>     but you want to limit how long a string can be.  TEXT is for strings
BM>     of unlimited length, maximum 1 gigabyte.  BYTEA is for storing
BM>     binary data, particularly values that include NULL bytes.</P>

Could you add the length limitation for TEXT to the reference manual?
I searched high and low for that limit, but never found it.  Also,
what's the max VARCHAR() or CHAR() I can create?  Is that also 1Gb?

Thanks.


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