I want to register, just in principle, that I object to changing the structure of a varlena.
The idea behind the data type is simple, clean and fast. And it is easily understood by developers and by people developing applications and functions in PostgreSQL. Of course you will do what you will. Be careful out there. elein [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(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