On 11/17/12 5:37 PM, David Johnston wrote:
On Nov 17, 2012, at 20:11, Jasen Betts<jasen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 2012-11-05, Moshe Jacobson<moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>But more importantly, what's the practical difference between varchar with
>>no limit and text?
>text is immeasurably faster.
If it cannot be measured then how can you claim this?
Everything I've heard says there is no difference between "varchar" and "text" as they are simply synonyms for the same underlying implementation. What makes you think differently?
I think he meant a tiny tiny bit faster, primarily due to not having to
validate the length.
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