[GENERAL] Default size limit for 'character varying' in Postgres 8?

[Benjamin Scherrey]

In Postgres 8, if a row attribute is defined as 'character varying' 
without specifying a size, what is its size limit? Is it a 
platform-specific/char encoding issue? Is this the same as declaring it 
a 'text' type? I don't find this specified in the documentation.

   thanx & later,
      Ben Scherrey

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