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From lsliang
Subject about value storage
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Msg-id 201109061043572514728@pconline.com.cn
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example shows:
 
CREATE TABLE vv (v character(20));
INSERT INTO vv SELECT 'abc' || 'def';
SELECT v, length(v) FROM vv;

          v           | length
----------------------+--------
abcdef               |     20
(1 row)
 
 
but  my test show not like this :
 
               ^
lsl=# select version();
                                                      version                                                      
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 9.0.1 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46), 64-bit
(1 row)
 
lsl=# CREATE TABLE vv (v character(20));
INSERT INTO vv SELECT 'abc' || 'def';
SELECT v, length(v) FROM vv;
CREATE TABLE
lsl=# INSERT INTO vv SELECT 'abc' || 'def';
INSERT 0 1
lsl=# SELECT v, length(v) FROM vv;
          v           | length 
----------------------+--------
 abcdef               |      6
(1 row)
 
 
why ??   anyone  help me ?
 
or  it is a  doc mistake ?
 
thank you!
 

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