Re: How to obtain the max length of a varchar(50) field. - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Andreas Kretschmer
Subject Re: How to obtain the max length of a varchar(50) field.
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Msg-id 20110505090339.GA16334@tux
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In response to How to obtain the max length of a varchar(50) field.  (Mauro Ziliani <mauro@faresoftware.it>)
Responses Re: How to obtain the max length of a varchar(50) field.  (Mauro Ziliani <mauro@faresoftware.it>)
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Mauro Ziliani <mauro@faresoftware.it> wrote:

> Hi all.
> I'm working with Postgres 9.0 and wxWidgets.
> I need to query the db about a field of a table.
>
> The table T has a field varchar(50).
>
> table: TAB0
> customer: varchar(50)
>
> How can I get the max size of the field?

select max(length(customer)) from tab0;



Andreas
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