| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | byronn(at)insightdist(dot)com (Byron Nikolaidis) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] retrieving varchar size |
| Date: | 1998-04-23 16:36:45 |
| Message-ID: | 199804231636.MAA26069@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible, in the Postgres backend, to
> send back the defined column size for the varchar data type (and
> possibly the char() type, i.e., bpchar) on a query? Currently, it just
> sends back -1 for the size, which makes it difficult in the frontend
> (i.e., odbc driver) to determine what the size of the column is.
>
This is kind of tough to do.
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