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[database] What is the difference between CHARACTER VARYING and VARCHAR in PostgreSQL?

The short answer: there is no difference.

The long answer: CHARACTER VARYING is the official type name from the ANSI SQL standard, which all compliant databases are required to support. VARCHAR is a shorter alias which all modern databases also support. I prefer VARCHAR because it's shorter and because the longer name feels pedantic. However, postgres tools like pg_dump and \d will output character varying.

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