Re: varchar vs. text

Rachit Siamwalla wrote:
>
> Is there any good reason to use VARCHAR over TEXT for a string field? ie.
> performance hits, etc.
>
> Other than running into the row size limit problem, are there any large
> storage / performance penalties of using TEXT for virtually all strings?
   Er  -  what kind of "row size limit"? I remember vaguely that   there was something the like in ancient releases,
but forgot   the specific restrictions.
 


Jan

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