> > varchar means 'character varying'. What varies is the length. So a > varchar(1000) with 'foo' in it only takes a few bytes ('foo' plus length > info) instead of 1000 bytes.
Yes i know it, but i have vorgotten to inform you that all the values of this attribute have really 1000 characthers length. > > If you really want a fixed-length field, nchar or char should do what you > want. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org