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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 13 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index 5c8a92e2508..9eb19a1c616 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1210,6 +1210,14 @@ SELECT '52093.89'::money::numeric::float8; </para> <para> + The characters that can be stored in any of these data types are + determined by the database character set, which is selected when + the database is created. Regardless of the specific character set, + the character with code zero (sometimes called NUL) cannot be stored. + For more information refer to <xref linkend="multibyte"/>. + </para> + + <para> The storage requirement for a short string (up to 126 bytes) is 1 byte plus the actual string, which includes the space padding in the case of <type>character</type>. Longer strings have 4 bytes of overhead instead @@ -1246,10 +1254,7 @@ SELECT '52093.89'::money::numeric::float8; <para> Refer to <xref linkend="sql-syntax-strings"/> for information about the syntax of string literals, and to <xref linkend="functions"/> - for information about available operators and functions. The - database character set determines the character set used to store - textual values; for more information on character set support, - refer to <xref linkend="multibyte"/>. + for information about available operators and functions. </para> <example> |