Thread: limit to default display in psql

In the following query (used by psql to show attribute defaults)

SELECT a.attname, pg_catalog.format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod), (SELECT substring(pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(d.adbin,
d.adrelid)for 128)  FROM pg_catalog.pg_attrdef d  WHERE d.adrelid = a.attrelid AND d.adnum = a.attnum AND a.atthasdef),
a.attnotnull,a.attnum
 
FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a
WHERE a.attrelid = '32923' AND a.attnum > 0 AND NOT a.attisdropped
ORDER BY a.attnum

Is there some significance to the 128 other than simple formatting? 

Also, if anyone knows when pg_attrdef.adsrc became unreliable, that would save 
me some trouble. Thanks in advance. 

-- 
Robert Treat
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Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> Is there some significance to the 128 other than simple formatting? 

I think it's just an arbitrary restriction :-(

> Also, if anyone knows when pg_attrdef.adsrc became unreliable, that would save 
> me some trouble. Thanks in advance. 

It has never been reliable.
        regards, tom lane