On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 11:37:10AM +0200, Zlatko Mati? wrote: > There are some columns in my tables that I should change from varchar to > text, in order to have enough space for long textual commentaries. > Before I do that, I would like to know is there any restriction regarding > text type in comparison to varchar type? > Especially concerning triggers and rules ? > Namely, I have triggers that perform audit trail of all my tables, so I'm > concerned whether it will work for text type fields ?
The varchar type is text plus restrictions. So no, switching to text lets you do more, not less... > One additional question is regarding my MS Access front-end. Would it be a > problem for Access ? The ODBC driver has something like "map text to memo". Make sure that's off, otherwise access won't let you do comparisons on it. Hope this helps, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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