Re: protocol change in 7.4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: protocol change in 7.4
Date
Msg-id 1036747754.1995.37.camel@rh72.home.ee
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In response to Re: protocol change in 7.4  (snpe <snpe@snpe.co.yu>)
Responses Re: protocol change in 7.4  (snpe <snpe@snpe.co.yu>)
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snpe kirjutas R, 08.11.2002 kell 03:49:
> >   PQfsize() is entertaining, but not often what you really want (you really
> > want the width of the widest value in the column after conversion to some
> > string format - it seems reasonable to let the client applicatin worry
> > about that, although maybe that would be a useful client-side libpq
> > function).
> >
> >
> I want this in any catalog view

But this will make such a view terribly slow, as ith has to do
max(length(field)) over the whole table for any field displayed

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Hannu




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