Arjen, > You do need to be wary of malicious users who put a first name of a >few hundred megabytes. yes, but if that "my first name is a video" hits the database, it is allready to late, isn't it? If it is open to the public, input should be sanitized WAY earlier; and for an internal application: please compare "number of users trying to insert a video for their first name" to "number of customers being annoyed as their name is abbreviated" Harald -- GHUM GmbH Harald Armin Massa Spielberger StraÃe 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 734971 - persuadere. et programmare -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general