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>