Difference between text and varchar (character varying)
What's the difference between the text data type and the character varying (varchar) data types? According to the documentation If character varying is used without length specifier, the type ac...
Any downsides of using data type "text" for storing strings?
Generally, there is no downside to using text in terms of performance/memory. On the contrary: text is the optimum. Other types have more or less relevant downsides. text is literally the "preferred" type …
postgresql - _text postgres data type - Stack Overflow
Mar 3, 2022 · I get a table with type _text create table mt ( id int8, directions _text null) Its not my code so I don't know what is type _text and how to work with it. I look for it in doc https://www.postgr...
Comparison of PostgreSQL text types - Stack Overflow
Nov 11, 2014 · LONGTEXT A string with a maximum length of 4294967295 characters. LONGBLOB A string with a maximum length of 4294967295 characters. PostgreSQL seems a bit different, there is …
java - Correct JPA Annotation for PostgreSQL's text type without ...
Since you're talking about what's really a deployment issue (auto-generated DDL), can't you just manually create the table as TEXT in Postgres and just not specify anything in the class?
Is there a maximum length when storing into PostgreSQL TEXT
Oct 11, 2016 · According to the Postgres character type documentation, text is variable unlimited length. And further down: ... PostgreSQL provides the text type, which stores strings of any length. However …
What advantage to use varchar instead of text data type?
Mar 8, 2017 · What are the advantages of a character or character varying instead of text? What I think I know If I am not wrong character is fixed length reserved in memory, and varchar is variable, the …
What data type to choose json or jsonb or text - Stack Overflow
Aug 19, 2016 · On Postgresql there is a json type and jsonb type (and maybe I can use a text field as well to store json) . I just want to make the right choice for that purpose, so I would like some advice …
Strange PostgreSQL "value too long for type character varying(500)"
I have a Postgres schema which looks like: The problem is that whenever I save text longer than 500 characters in the description column I get the error: value too long for type character varying(...
PostgreSQL character varying length limit - Stack Overflow
May 25, 2010 · I am using character varying data type in PostgreSQL. I was not able to find this information in PostgreSQL manual. What is max limit of characters in character varying data type?