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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2001-10-13 01:32:47 +0000
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sat Sep 22 20:07:41 EDT 2001</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Fri Oct 12 21:32:36 EDT 2001</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-safe)
stored out-of-line by <SMALL>TOAST</SMALL>, so the space on disk
might also be less than expected.</P>
+ <P>CHAR() is best when storing strings that are usually the
+ same length. VARCHAR() is best when storing variable-length strings,
+ but you want to limit how long a string can be. TEXT is for strings
+ of unlimited length, maximum 1 gigabyte. BYTEA is for storing
+ binary data, particularly values that include NULL bytes.</P>
+
<H4><A name="4.16.1">4.16.1</A>) How do I create a
serial/auto-incrementing field?</H4>