{"id":550,"date":"2024-12-02T07:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T00:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2025-01-02T13:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:31:38","slug":"postgresql-text","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/postgresql-tutorial\/postgresql-text\/","title":{"rendered":"PostgreSQL TEXT Data Type"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn how to use PostgreSQL <code>TEXT<\/code> data type to store variable-length character data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='getting-started-with-postgresql-text-data-type'>Getting started with PostgreSQL TEXT data type <a href=\"#getting-started-with-postgresql-text-data-type\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"getting-started-with-postgresql-text-data-type\" title=\"Anchor for Getting started with PostgreSQL TEXT data type\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The PostgreSQL <code>TEXT<\/code> data type is a variable-length character data type. The <code>TEXT<\/code> data type can handle large amounts of text, making it ideal for storing descriptions, documents, and comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the syntax for defining a table column with <code>TEXT<\/code> data type:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"pgsql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-pgsql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">table_name<\/span> {\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">column_name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">TEXT<\/span>,\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0...\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">pgsql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The main features of the <code>TEXT<\/code> data type column are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Variable length: The <code>TEXT<\/code> column can store strings of any length, up to 1GB. 1GB is the field length limit in PostgreSQL, not only <code>TEXT<\/code> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trailing spaces: The <code>TEXT<\/code> column retains trailing spaces and does not trim them upon retrieval. These trailing spaces are significant when making comparisons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performance: The <code>TEXT<\/code> type has the same performance as the <code>VARCHAR<\/code> type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In real-world scenarios, the <code>TEXT<\/code> data type is preferred for storing variable-length character data with no length limit, allowing you to handle any character data size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/postgresql-tutorial\/postgresql-varchar\/\">VARCHAR<\/a>, without a length specifier, behaves like <code>TEXT<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='postgresql-text-data-type-example'>PostgreSQL TEXT data type example <a href=\"#postgresql-text-data-type-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"postgresql-text-data-type-example\" title=\"Anchor for PostgreSQL TEXT data type example\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, create a table called <code>products<\/code> to store the product information:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"pgsql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-pgsql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> products (\n  id <span class=\"hljs-type\">INT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">GENERATED<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ALWAYS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IDENTITY<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">PRIMARY KEY<\/span>,\n  <span class=\"hljs-type\">name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">VARCHAR<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NULL<\/span>,\n  description <span class=\"hljs-type\">TEXT<\/span>\n);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">pgsql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this <code>products<\/code> table, the <code>description<\/code> column has a <code>TEXT<\/code> data type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, insert a product into the <code>products<\/code> table:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"pgsql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-pgsql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INSERT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INTO<\/span>\n  products (<span class=\"hljs-type\">name<\/span>, description)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">VALUES<\/span>\n  (\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">'iPhone 17'<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Introducing a new AI smartphone a 6.2-inch screen, triple camera, and 5G connectivity.'<\/span>\n  ) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">RETURNING<\/span> *;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PostgreSQL SQL dialect and PL\/pgSQL<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">pgsql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\"> id |   name    |                                      description\n----+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n  1 | iPhone 17 | Introducing a new AI smartphone a 6.2-inch screen, triple camera, and 5G connectivity.<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" 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