Re: Possible bug? WAS :Bad (null) varchar() external representation.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Clift <aa2(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Possible bug? WAS :Bad (null) varchar() external representation.
Date: 2001-01-11 19:19:38
Message-ID: 12256.979240778@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Clift <aa2(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au> writes:
> I haven't seen a mention of a maximum number of constraints of similar
> applying to a table. If so, then could someone please point me to it...

There is no such limit that I know of.

> Yet if I remove BOTH the "staff_details_phone_three" &
> "staff_details_managers_notes" constraints it works :

Are you absolutely certain that that's how it went? I think the most
likely story is just that you were hitting the length(varchar)-barfs-
on-NULL bug, and got confused about which combinations you'd tried.

regards, tom lane

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