On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Massa, Harald Armin <c...@ghum.de> wrote:
> I recommend to use TEXT as type for that kind of columns. > 99 out of 100 theories about "this value will never be longer then xx > characters" fail in the long run. > > And "text", limited only by PostgreSQLs limits, performs as good or > better then varchar(length_limit) The time of "we only can allow n > chars for first name" for performance reasons have gone by, together > with walkmen and VHS. > You do need to be wary of malicious users who put a first name of a few hundred megabytes.
