Exec limit in pgtclsh

Hi all,

Has anyone bumped into the 16K limit on the size of a statement using
pg_exec in the pgtclsh interface? I'd like to populate a "text" field
using a large amount of text, but I get an error on the length limit of
the pg_exec call. Something like this:

PQsendQuery() -- query is too long. Maximum length is 16382

while executing
"pg_exec $conn $statement"

Any ways around it?
-dan

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Daniel Blezek, Ph.D.
blezek(at)crd(dot)ge(dot)com
Computer Graphics and Systems Program
Electronic Systems Lab
GE Corporate Research & Development