Re: MaxLongVarChar and new lines in text

Åsmund Kveim Lie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem with line breaks and the MaxLongVarChar setting.
> I'm using Postgrsql 8.1.3 and ODBC version 08.01.0200(ansi). When I set
> MaxLongVarChar <= 16383 it gives different results than using
> MaxLongVarChar > 16383 or MaxLongVarChar = -4 (which is no limit). I
> insert a newline in the db like this: INSERT INTO test VALUES ('\n');
> and then retrieve it from my odbc app and write the result to a file.
> CommLogs and result files are attached.
>
> When using a small MaxLongVarChar value the result is (in hex) 0a0d (new
> line, carriage teturn). For large MaxLongVarChar its 000a (new line
> only). Any Windows app requires both new line and carriage return to
> display new line correct. Any reason why this should differ when using
> bigger values in MaxLongVarChar? We use the LF<->CR/LF conversion on.

Just a confirmation.
Aren't you setting MaxVarChar not MaxLongVarChar ?

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue