On Wednesday 15 March 2006 05:13, Alexandre Leclerc wrote:
> On 3/15/06, Joost van der Sluis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A varchar can hold 2000 characters in sqldb. Postgres supports up to
> > 8192 characters in a varchar. If you really need 8192 characters, it's
> > easy to update sqldb, just set this value on top of db.pp.
>
> I though that there were absolutely no limits in length with a varchar
> that has no limit specifier.
>
> The varchar type is the ideal field for a memo. It take only the
> required length and the overhead is not big. There are also no known
> speed issues on the DB side when working with this type - I asked
> postgres people for that since in many DB there is a speed issue when
> using that kind of fields.
>
> Regards.
>
thanks all for the information. I'll will attempt to use a large varchar.
Reading the responses I now have a little hope. But I also think it will not
work with TDBmemo fields. But lets see.
John
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