Here's Jeff's test case. I am not immediately able to check it:
On 27 July 2010 17:54, Jeff Adams <jadams(at)azavea(dot)com> wrote:
> Piece o' cake:
>
> select lpad('test', 75, 't') as test75, lpad('test', 750, 't') as test750,
> lpad('test', 7500, 't') as test7500, lpad('test', 75000, 't') as test75000,
> lpad('test', 10000, 't') as test10000
>
> For me, I see "tttttttttttttttttttttt" in the (non-resized) test75, test750,
> test7500, and test10000 columns, but the test75000 column has a blank cell.
>
> Jeff
>
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Regards,
Peter Geoghegan