doc: document the maximum char/varchar length value

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit 92557ac314e5 · 2022-08-31T19:43:06.000-04:00
Reported-by: Japin Li Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/MEYP282MB1669B13E98AE531617CB1386B6979@MEYP282MB1669.AUSP282.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM Backpatch-through: 10
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1177,6 +1177,8 @@ SELECT '52093.89'::money::numeric::float8;
     <type>char(<replaceable>n</replaceable>)</type> are aliases for <type>character
     varying(<replaceable>n</replaceable>)</type> and
     <type>character(<replaceable>n</replaceable>)</type>, respectively.
+    If specified, the length must be greater than zero and cannot exceed
+    10485760.
     <type>character</type> without length specifier is equivalent to
     <type>character(1)</type>. If <type>character varying</type> is used
     without length specifier, the type accepts strings of any size. The
