Re: Problems with PQfmod() returning -1 on varchar f

Michael,

The relevant column is defined as 'DATA VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL'. Query
attname, attnum, atttypid, atttypmod returns:

"data";1;"character varying";24
"int16_col";2;"smallint";-1
"int64_col";3;"bigint";-1
"float32_col";4;"real";-1
"float64_col";5;"double precision";-1
"date_col";6;"timestamp without time zone";-1
"row_id";7;"integer";-1

Thanks,

Jerry

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Jerry L. Day
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Fuhr [mailto:mike(at)fuhr(dot)org]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:56 PM
To: Jerry Day
Cc: 'pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Problems with PQfmod() returning -1 on varchar
field (libpq-8.0.0 )?

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 04:21:03PM -0800, Jerry Day wrote:
>
> I've recently encountered a situation where PQfmod() fails to return the
> defined length of a varchar field referenced in a query, as expected -
> returning no information (-1), instead. Has anyone else encountered this
> issue? If so, why does this occur? Can you recommended a method to more
> reliably obtain the length of varchar fields, as defined in the relations
> referenced by a query?

Are you sure the column has a length specifier? What does "\d tablename"
show, or what's the result of the following query?

SELECT attname, attnum, atttypid::regtype, atttypmod
FROM pg_attribute
WHERE attrelid = 'tablename'::regclass
AND attnum >= 1
AND attisdropped IS FALSE
ORDER by attnum;

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