Re: [GENERAL] maximal length of varchar

>
> > prova=> create table a1(a varchar(99999));
> > ERROR: length for type 'varchar' cannot exceed 8064
> > prova=> create table a1(a varchar(8064));
> > CREATE
>
> thanks, for this quick answer!
>
> i did the test by myself and found out, that on the my system (freebsd
> 3.2) where i do actualy my tests, varchar is limited to 4096. this creates
> the problem of plattfrom dependence.

I changed This in 6.5 to something near 8k. It may be too large because
I am not sure how a row is going to be updated inside the page. Not
sure if this is an issue.

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