Port Bug Report: unable to insert a string into a field > 4K - Mailing list pgsql-ports

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Subject Port Bug Report: unable to insert a string into a field > 4K
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Msg-id 199907151110.HAA25895@hub.org
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Your name               : DJ Morgan
Your email address      : morgandj@usa.net

Category                : runtime: back-end: SQL
Severity                : serious

Summary: unable to insert a string into a field > 4K

System Configuration
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  Operating System   : linux

  PostgreSQL version : 6.5

  Compiler used      : gcc 2.7

Hardware:
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Versions of other tools:
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Standard Redhat 5.1

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Problem Description:
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When I was running 6.3.2 I was able to insert strings
 > than 7K into a field. Having upgraded to 6.4 I find that
the backend processes 'postgres' just die.


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Test Case:
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Create table test (s text);
insert into s values (5000 bytes of spaces);


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Solution:
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