"Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Rob Richardson wrote: >> Are there other reasons to use >> varchar(64) instead of varchar? > You can't have "varchar" without a length in parentheses, > as far as I know. That's what the spec says and that's what some other implementations require, but not Postgres. We treat varchar without a length as pretty much just an alias for text. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general