Re: [GENERAL] VARCHAR and TEXT

2001-03-29 Thread Vilson farias
phi 5 Enterprise. Regards, José Vilson de Mello de Farias Dígitro Tecnologia Ltda - Brazil - Original Message - From: Paolo Sinigaglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Quinta-feira, 29 de Março de 2001 11:53 Subject: [GENERAL] VARCHAR and TEXT : Hi everybody,

[GENERAL] VARCHAR and TEXT

2001-03-29 Thread Paolo Sinigaglia
Hi everybody, I have a little question about string types in PostgreSQL: it seems I don't understood well how string data are stored in the database, from a recent post by Tom Lane I feel encouraged to think that VARCHAR and TEXT are treated the same way by PG, i.e. they occupy ony the space neede