Re: Plperlu function & backticks return value -> truncated? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: Plperlu function & backticks return value -> truncated?
Date
Msg-id 20041013154712.GB69936@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to Plperlu function & backticks return value -> truncated?  ("Philippe Lang" <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch>)
List pgsql-sql
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Philippe Lang wrote:

> When run directly from a shell, this code:
> 
>   $ps = `ps -afux | grep postgres`;
>   @fields = split /\n/, $ps;
>   return "{" . join(",", @fields) . "}";
> 
> ... runs fine.
> 
> But when run inside a plperlu function, lines are being truncated after
> a certain width.

Many versions of ps truncate lines at a certain length if they can't
determine the terminal size.  Since you're running ps from inside
the backend, there's probably no terminal to check.  Check the ps
manual page to see if it supports an option like -w (or multiple
occurrences of -w) to increase the line length.

-- 
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/


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