Re: In PgAdmin, how can I see all of a long text field?

On 8 November 2010 16:35, Rob Richardson <Rob(dot)Richardson(at)rad-con(dot)com> wrote:

> My stack_requests table has a field named inventory_filter of type text.
> The size of that field is not specified. It can contain a string several
> hundred characters long. Using PgAdmin, how can I see the entire
> inventory_filter field for a given record no matter how long it is? A query
> like "select * from inventory_record where key = 'some_key' " gives me a
> grid, and no matter how big I make the inventory_filter column, I can't see
> the whole thing. Event if I limit my query to the inventory_record column,
> the display is limited to the width of my monitor, which is often not
> enough. How can I use PgAdmin to see the entire field?
>

In PgAdmin's config, you can change how much is returned:

File > Options > Query Tool > Max. characters per column

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