Re: Displaying a wide column with psql

philip_rhoades wrote
> People,
>
> In case this list is still going . .
>
> I have a table with a field that has up to 1,000 chars in it, when I
> look at it with psql it only displays about 200 chars with a "…"
> on the end of the string. Even when I look at just one record and use
> the \x option I get the same result - I googled for ages but short of
> using pg_dump, I couldn't see an interactive way of seeing the whole
> field. Is it possible?

You may wish to consider submitting your question to -general and providing
additional, specific, detail on the data and execution environment.

You can use \copy to bypass display and send the data directly to a file.
At least that way you can see what it is the server thinks it has stored.

David J,

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