Re: [HACKERS] wishlist: PQfsize

>
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to add the following item to the
> wishlist:
>
> currently the libpq-function PQfsize returns the
> size in bytes of the field with the given field-
> index. If the field is a variable-length field,
> PQfsize returns -1.
>
> In general as well as for some internal functionality
> of the perl interface it would be useful, if PQfsize
> would return the number of bytes even for variable-
> length fields.

We have a new atttypmod field that holds the length for the column as
defined at table-creation time for char() and varchar(). Is that the
number you want?

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Bruce Momjian
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