Dennis Bjorklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Today we store the max length of a string in the typmod field, but that > has to be extended so we also store the charset and the collation of the > string.
Why would we not keep this information right in the string values?
> [ unworkable proposal snipped ]
regards, tom lane
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