PostgreSQL JDBC: bytea column getMetaData().getColumns().getIn("COLUMN_SIZE") ~ 2GB

[Grace Batumbya <grace.batumbya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,
I am using postgresql-9.0-801.jdbc3, on postgresql 9.0.4.
On a bytea column, getMetaData().getColumns().getIn("COLUMN_SIZE") returns 2147483647 yet from asking around on #postgresql on irc, the bytea has a limit just less than 1GB.
Why then does jdbc return 2GB instead of 1GB?

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Grace Batumbya
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