Benefit of TEXT with CHECK over VARCHAR(X) in PostgreSQL. Brandur suggests using email TEXT CHECK (char_length(email) <= 255)
to define a column with a length limit in PostgreSQL over VARCHAR(255)
because TEXT
and VARCHAR
are equally performant but a CHECK
length can be changed later on without locking the table, whereas a VARCHAR
requires an ALTER TABLE
with an exclusive lock.
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