From 8190f2dfef0c8cf17acb678b7d24f68e4c80a44e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:33:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 9.5 release notes: mention lack of char() sort improvements Report by Peter Geoghegan Backpatch through 9.5 --- doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index 8113ddf8179..4d883ecb8b1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1139,7 +1139,8 @@ SELECT '52093.89'::money::numeric::float8; advantages in some other database systems, there is no such advantage in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>; in fact <type>character(<replaceable>n</>)</type> is usually the slowest of - the three because of its additional storage costs. In most situations + the three because of its additional storage costs and slower + sorting. In most situations <type>text</type> or <type>character varying</type> should be used instead. </para> -- GitLab