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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Sun Jan 12 09:58:38 EST 2003
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Last updated: Sun Jan 12 13:36:11 EST 2003
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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Type Internal Name Notes
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"char" char 1 character
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CHAR(n) bpchar blank padded to the specified fixed length
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VARCHAR(n) varchar size specifies maximum length, no padding
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CHAR(n) bpchar blank padded to the specified fixed length
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TEXT text no specific upper limit on length
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"char" char one character
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BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
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You will see the internal name when examining system catalogs and in
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space used is slightly greater than the declared size. However, these
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data types are also subject to compression or being stored out-of-line
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by TOAST, so the space on disk might also be less than expected.
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VARCHAR(n) is best when storing variable-length strings but it limits
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VARCHAR(n) is best when storing variable-length strings and it limits
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how long a string can be. TEXT is for strings of unlimited length,
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maximum 1 gigabyte.
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with a maximum of one gigabyte.
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CHAR(n) is for storing strings that are all the same length. CHAR(n)
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pads with blanks to the specified length, while VARCHAR(n) only stores

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