I have been wondering whether we couldn't eliminate the datatype distinction between text and varchar.
That would be great if done magically in the backend. If all text columns were effectively wrapped in a Cast(X to text), life from a users PoV would be a little simpler. I assume Varchar(20) would still exist and be limited to 20 chars.
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