Re: protocol change in 7.4

Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>
To: snpe <snpe@snpe.co.yu>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-11-08T09:29:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
snpe kirjutas R, 08.11.2002 kell 03:49:
> >   PQfsize() is entertaining, but not often what you really want (you really
> > want the width of the widest value in the column after conversion to some
> > string format - it seems reasonable to let the client applicatin worry
> > about that, although maybe that would be a useful client-side libpq
> > function).
> >
> >
> I want this in any catalog view

But this will make such a view terribly slow, as ith has to do
max(length(field)) over the whole table for any field displayed

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Hannu