Re: Does this matter? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Does this matter?
Date
Msg-id 200211011400.09915.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: Does this matter?  (Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>)
List pgsql-performance
Phillip,

> Really?  According to this url (search for "Tip") there is no performance
> difference just a space difference.  I don't know for sure either way, but
> if there is a difference the manual needs updating.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?datatype-character.html

Actually, that note is intended to tell people that CHAR is not any faster
than VARCHAR for the same-length string ... since CHAR *is* faster than
VARCHAR in some systems, like MS SQL Server.

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-Josh Berkus



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