From: Paul Skinner <skin@skin.dhs.org>
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Text Type
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:58:47 -0500
Message-ID: <001e01c084e8$69015cf0$03320a0a@skinz> (raw)
Character Types
SQL defines two primary character types: character and character varying. Postgres supports these types, in addition to the more general text type, which unlike character varying does not require an explicit declared upper limit on the size of the field.
Table 3-4. Postgres Character Types
Character Type Storage Recommendation Description
character(n), char(n) (4+n) bytes SQL-compatible Fixed-length blank padded
character varying(n), varchar(n) (4+n) bytes SQL-compatible Variable-length with limit
text (4+n) bytes Most flexible Variable unlimited length
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Text type is not unlimited but rather limited by tuple size of 8140 bytes.
Paul
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