Re: Datatype sizes; a space and speed issue?

Vams wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 June 2004 11:26 pm, Madison Kelly wrote:
>
>>   Something I have been wondering about and haven't found an answer to
>>yet is how the size of a datatype (I hope that is the right term)
>>effects performance. What effect is there if I specify "TEXT" instead of
>>say "VARCHAR(255)"? How much benefit is there do being more aggresive
>>and say cutting it in half again by using "VARCHAR(128)"?
>
>
> There is no performance difference between varchar, char and text.  Infact,
> text is equal to varchar with no length specified (a Postgresql extension).
>
> I use varchar when I want a max limit on the number of characters.  Char when
> I want a set number of characters (auto space padded).  And use text all
> other times, because it is more readable than varchar.
>
> All this and more can be found in the Docs - 7.4.2: Ch 8: Data Types, Sec 8.3:
> Character Types.
>
> good luck,
>
>   Vams

   Thank you very much Vams!!

Madison