Re: Fault when return strings over 256 characters in PLpgSQL - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

cathy.hemsley@powerconv.alstom.com wrote:
> I have a PLpgSQL function that returns a string (varchar):  if this string
> is over 256 characters long then the last three characters are corrupted:
> replaced by the string ' (.'

I'm skeptical: there is nothing special about 256 characters as far as
the varchar implementation is concerned, nor is the string ' (.' of any
significance.

Running your function (albeit on Linux) yields:

neilc=# select testconverttousername();

                                                 testconverttousername



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123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567888
(1 row)

i.e. what one would expect.

-Neil