Skip to content
Opensource internals
  • Posts

Char

PostgreSQL's char and name Implementation in C

Aug 20, 2026 7 min read Jay Hubbert

When you type char in SQL, you almost never get the type named "char". The SQL standard’s blank-padded CHAR(n) is a varlena called bpchar. The type actually named "char" is an …

PostgresInternalsCharName

Read more →

© 2026 Jay Hubbert · Built with Hugo 0.168.0

RSS ·