Re: [PERFORM] How can fixed and variable width columns perform similarly?

in Oracle. It sounds like PostGres doesn't exhibit this same difference. I wanted to understand how this could be and whether there was a trade-off. Cheers! Sid > "Siddharth Anand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> How can a field that doesn't have a limit like "

[PERFORM] How can fixed and variable width columns perform similarly?

Hi! I read the link below and am puzzled by or curious about something. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype-character.html The Tip below is intriguing "Tip: There are no performance differences between these three types, apart from the increased storage size when using the bl

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Hi! I read the link below and am puzzled by or curious about something. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype-character.html The Tip below is intriguing "Tip: There are no performance differences between these three types, apart from the increased storage size when using the bl