F. BROUARD / SQLpro <sqlpro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > "PostgreSQL 9.1.2, compiled by Visual C++ build 1500, 64-bit" > catalog version : PG_9.1_201105231 > > --> the table : > > CREATE TABLE T_TEST_TAILLE > (TTT_ID SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, > TTT_DATAFIX CHAR(16), > TTT_DATAVAR VARCHAR(16), > TTT_DATAVARBIG VARCHAR(6000)); > > --> the inserts : > > INSERT INTO T_TEST_TAILLE (TTT_DATAFIX, TTT_DATAVAR, TTT_DATAVARBIG) > SELECT NULL, NULL, NULL > UNION ALL SELECT '', '', '' > UNION ALL SELECT '12345678', '12345678', REPEAT('*', 3000) > UNION ALL SELECT '1234567890123456', '1234567890123456', > REPEAT('*', 6000) > > --> the query > > SELECT *, pg_column_size(TTT_DATAFIX), > char_length(TTT_DATAFIX), > octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX), > pg_column_size(TTT_DATAVAR), > char_length(TTT_DATAVAR), > octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX), > pg_column_size(TTT_DATAVARBIG), > char_length(TTT_DATAVARBIG), > octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX) > FROM T_TEST_TAILLE; > > !!! PROBLEM !!! > > --> at this time the 4th row show nothing in ttt_datavarbig column... > it is supposed to retrive the long '********************* ... ' > 6000 characters ! > > What happened ? try this: ,----[ my test ] | kretschmer@tux:~$ psql test -c "SELECT *, pg_column_size(TTT_DATAFIX), | char_length(TTT_DATAFIX), | octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX), | pg_column_size(TTT_DATAVAR), | char_length(TTT_DATAVAR), | octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX), | pg_column_size(TTT_DATAVARBIG), | char_length(TTT_DATAVARBIG), | octet_length(TTT_DATAFIX) | FROM T_TEST_TAILLE;" > out.txt | kretschmer@tux:~$ ls -l out.txt | -rw-r--r-- 1 kretschmer kretschmer 37134 2012-04-21 16:32 out.txt `---- The result contains more than 37.000 chars - i think, including the 6000 + 3000 '*' plus some '-' for the table and so on - you can read that file with your favorite eidtor... Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general