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Re: Selecting a constant question

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Larry McGhaw <lmcghaw@connx.com>
Date: 2007-06-11T22:34:00Z
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Dann Corbit wrote:
> I have a PostgreSQL feature request:
>
> Report the maximum size of a variable length string from the server.
>
> Surely, we cannot be the only people who will need this information.  If
> (for example) someone wants to bind to a grid, then the maximum size has
> to be known in advance.
>
>
>
>   

Does PQfmod not tell you what you need if the field is varchar(n) ?

cheers

andrew