On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:58:19AM +0100, TNO wrote: > what is the best for a char field with less than 1000 characters? > a text field or a varchar(1000)
They will be equivalent. text and varchar are the same type internally -- the only differences are that varchar can have a length (but does not need one), and that some casts are only defined for text. If there's really a natural thousand-character limit to the data in question, use varchar(1000); if not, use text or varchar, whatever you'd like. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
