Re: [HACKERS] retrieving varchar size - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] retrieving varchar size
Date
Msg-id 199804231636.MAA26069@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to retrieving varchar size  (Byron Nikolaidis <byronn@insightdist.com>)
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>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible, in the Postgres backend, to
> send back the defined column size for the varchar data type (and
> possibly the char() type, i.e., bpchar) on a query?  Currently, it just
> sends back -1 for the size, which makes it difficult in the frontend
> (i.e., odbc driver) to determine what the size of the column is.
>

This is kind of tough to do.

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