Hi, Frank, Frank Bax wrote:
> Except that the original fields were neither variable length datatypes, > not type text. > create table test(] > satu char(10), > dua char(5) > ); char is a textual type (in opposite to numeric types), and they are handled as variable length datatypes internally (even if given a limit). See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datatype-character.html HTH, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in EU! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
