| From: | "Andy Farrell" <Andy_Farrell(at)gator-gate(dot)itd(dot)sterling(dot)com> | 
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| To: | "PostGreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | varchar size | 
| Date: | 1998-03-24 13:23:08 | 
| Message-ID: | n1321376514.87451@itd.sterling.com | 
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REGARDING varchar size
Given the results of a query using the perl interface to postgres, how can I
find the maximum length of the data returned for the varchar fields in the
query?
Is there something in the "results" buffer or can I query the system catalogs
for this information?  If you need to query the system catalogs, what field
actually contains the maximum length of a varchar field?  In other words, how
can I find what the field was defined as in the create table statement (e.g.,
...attribute1  varchar(12)...) using the system catalogs?
TIA,
Andy
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