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    Hello,

    sorry for the trivial question. Is there any difference between varchar
    and text types in practice? I couldn't find.

    Mage

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    Default Re: text and varchar

    On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 10:09:14PM +0100, Mage wrote:

    Hi,
    > sorry for the trivial question. Is there any difference between varchar
    > and text types in practice? I couldn't find.
    No.

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