Re: [SQL] VARCHAR(50), CHAR(50) or TEXT ?

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Henrik Steffen wrote:

> Thanks for you quick response.
> 
> I understand the difference between CHAR and VARCHAR now.
> 
> But, what is the difference between VARCHAR and TEXT ?

Text fields have no explicit upper limit.  They are kinda like memo
fields in Access, except you *can* index them in PostgreSQL.

Brett W. McCoy                                                  http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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