Re: TypeInfoCache

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com> writes:
> Daniel Migowski wrote:
>> I think a VARCHAR(50) and text are not interchangeable.

> But a "varchar" (with no limit) and "text" *are* interchangeable, which 
> is why we identify text as VARCHAR

But note that varchar-with-no-limit is itself a Postgres-ism: it's
not allowed by the standard.

			regards, tom lane