"Shridhar Daithankar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I say if it's a char field, there should be no indicator of length as > it's not required. Just store those many characters straight ahead..
Your assumption fails when considering UNICODE or other multibyte character encodings. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html