question about meaning of character varying without length

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Konstantin Izmailov<pgfizm@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,
I've found following description: "If character varying is used without
length specifier, the type accepts strings of any size. The latter is a
PostgreSQL extension."

Does this mean that "character varying without length" is equivalent to
"text" type. Are there any differences?

I noticed that ODBC driver processes the type differently from "text".

Please help!
Konstantin

This question would be more appropriate for pgsql-general or maybe
pgsql-odbc, since it is not a question about the development of
PostgreSQL.

character varying and text are different types, but there's no real
difference between them. I can't speak to what the ODBC driver does.

...Robert

I have tried to send to pgsql-general twice, each time it returns error:
"Relay access denied (state 14)." Will try to post to pgsql-odbc.

Thank you!

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Konstantin Izmailov<pgfizm@gmail.com> wrote:

I have tried to send to pgsql-general twice, each time it returns error:
"Relay access denied (state 14)." Will try to post to pgsql-odbc.

Could you provide the full bounce message?

...Robert

Here you go:
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Hello,
I've found following description: "If character varying is used without
length specifier, the type accepts strings of any size. The latter is a
PostgreSQL extension."

Does this mean that "character varying without length" is equivalent to

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

Konstantin Izmailov wrote:

Here you go:
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<mailto:mailer-daemon@googlemail.com>>
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date Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM
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postgresql.com != postgresql.org...

Stefan

Konstantin Izmailov wrote:

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

pgsql-general@postgresql.com <mailto:pgsql-general@postgresql.com>

should be pgsql-general@postgresql.org, not pgsql-general@postgresql.com.

cheers

andrew