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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1998-04-26 04:18:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1998-04-26 04:18:06 +0000 |
| commit | d31736e92bb270b2324ae6c97c42d500ff555705 (patch) | |
| tree | 6742e8deee6fa2aa52bc91bac95f61d8d61fdc28 /doc/FAQ | |
| parent | 0d203b745d4fa4b78010c4cdb3c59d052a10614c (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-d31736e92bb270b2324ae6c97c42d500ff555705.tar.gz postgresql-d31736e92bb270b2324ae6c97c42d500ff555705.zip | |
Doc updates from Darren on char2-16 removal
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@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ Section 3: PostgreSQL Features jolly=> The fields in pg_group are: - * groname: the group name. This a char16 and should be purely + * groname: the group name. This a name and should be purely alphanumeric. Do not include underscores or other punctuation. * grosysid: the group id. This is an int4. This should be unique for each group. @@ -622,11 +622,7 @@ Section 3: PostgreSQL Features Type Internal Name Notes -------------------------------------------------- -CHAR char 1 character } -CHAR2 char2 2 characters } -CHAR4 char4 4 characters } optimized for a fixed length -CHAR8 char8 8 characters } -CHAR16 char16 16 characters } +CHAR char 1 character CHAR(#) bpchar blank padded to the specified fixed length VARCHAR(#) varchar size specifies maximum length, no padding TEXT text length limited only by maximum tuple length |