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From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)
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Msg-id 200210081544.36139.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT (Was Large Databases)  (Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>)
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Ron,

> > Maybe I missed something on this thread, but can either of you give me
> > an example of a real database where the PostgreSQL approach of "all
> > strings are TEXT" versus the more traditional CHAR implementation have
> > resulted in measurable performance loss?
>
> ??????

In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Josh Berkus
josh@agliodbs.com
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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