On Jun 26, 12:16 am, t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Lane) wrote: > "Pierre Thibaudeau" <pierd...@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I am puzzling over this issue: > > 1) Is there ever ANY reason to prefer "varchar(n)" to "text" as a column type? > > In words of one syllable: no. If you have any input from untrusted sources (like in a web app) wouldn't it be easier to attack the server if you had a text field, like by sending a couple TB of data over that pgsql then needs to store, on a server that doesn't have that amount of space? Er...I guess the web server would then be the cap? Or whatever other tiers you had between the client and pgsql? Kev
