On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I thought 'character varying' (aka varchar) sans length was an alias >> for text. Is it not? > > It has the same behavior, but it is a distinct type, so dummy coercions > are needed. Are there any performance implications for this dummy coercion? Especially in joins. -- Jon -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
