I'm trying to store anywhere from a few words to a half page of text as a field in my table. A fellow db programmer told me that better than using a varchar is to break the message up into n pieces of size m (let's say m=100), and make n (or n+1) varchar(m)s, and relate them together. He is worried that varchars allocate and hold space. I'm not sure if that is actually more efficient, nor do I know the limit of how big you can make a varchar. Additionally, at what size is it practical to use a text type? I'm running postgreql 7.0.3 Thank you, b ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
