On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon Nelson <[email protected]> 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 ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
