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Change all string column types to text #148

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aaarendt opened this issue Oct 3, 2024 · 3 comments
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Change all string column types to text #148

aaarendt opened this issue Oct 3, 2024 · 3 comments
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aaarendt commented Oct 3, 2024

Suggest we replace all type declarations of "String" to "Text" following this postgres wiki.

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Is there an advantage to using text instead of just String without the limit? The wiki seems agnostic on that

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aaarendt commented Oct 7, 2024

Good question. I think the answer within PostgreSQL is there's no difference. But according to the SQLAlchemy docs, you are required to specify a length if you use string within a CREATE TABLE statement. That is because some databases behave differently than others.

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Ah, makes sense! Text seems like a great choice then

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