From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: Carlos Mennens <carlos.mennens@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Display Length Between Var & Varchar
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:13:53 -0800
Message-ID: <201201312013.53423.adrian.klaver@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAQLLO6wQ0b--_Y1LVR5S68HW6Wi7msOAmvELhaLE7cNmOtFCw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:08:06 pm Carlos Mennens wrote:
> I've noticed when I set a field to char, it takes up lots of space over
> varchar:
>
> iamunix=# SELECT * FROM music;
> id | band | album | date |
> asin | label
> ----+-------------------+--------------------------+------------+----------
> ------------------------------------------+-------------- 1 | Dance Gavin
> Dance | Downtown Battle Mountain | 2007-05-15 |
> B000OQF4PQ | Rise Records
> (1 row)
>
> iamunix=# SELECT * FROM music;
> id | band | album | date |
> asin | label
> ----+-------------------+--------------------------+------------+----------
> --+-------------- 1 | Dance Gavin Dance | Downtown Battle Mountain |
> 2007-05-15 |
> B000OQF4PQ | Rise Records
> (1 row)
>
> I don't know how well it will show in plain text via email but does
> anyone know why the field display width is wasted with so much white
> space when set to char?
You will find that the Manual is very helpful in this regard:)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/datatype-character.html
character varying(n), varchar(n) variable-length with limit
character(n), char(n) fixed-length, blank padded
--
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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