Hi Massimo I use Firebird. Take a look at this: http://ibexpert.net/ibe/index.php?n=Doc.TheFirebirdServerAndVARCHARs
Executive summary: Think and plan your varchar size carefully. On Aug 26, 4:07 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > These are always stored as varchar therefore it should not affect > space. It would be nice to make an experiment and check if it does. > > Massimo > > On Aug 26, 8:41 am, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I suppose that upload and password fields may be special cases. > > > However, it seems to me that 512 default is way too big for normal > > string fields. Why so big? Have space considerations become > > irrelevant? > > > In my apps 90% of strings are less than 128. As field sizes can > > always be increased, why not 128 or even 256 for now and simply > > increase when necessary? > > > On Aug 25, 5:53 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > I have a radical proposal of changing the default length of string, > > > upload, password fields to 512. This will cause a migration in all > > > existing apps. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
