Re: [QUESTIONS] impossible insert data into VARCHAR

> There's an error while inserting data into a column defined as VARCHAR without
> length in PostgreSQL 6.3.
> Take a look:
>
> postgres=> CREATE TABLE prova ( uno VARCHAR(10) );
> CREATE
> postgres=> INSERT INTO prova VALUES ( 'OK' );
> INSERT 153042 1
>
> postgres=> CREATE TABLE prova2 ( uno VARCHAR );
> CREATE
> postgres=> INSERT INTO prova2 VALUES ( 'NOT OK' );
> PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel before responding.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request.

Jose, please post problem reports to hackers, not to questions, on not-yet-released versions. I've moved
this to hackers.

btw, I saw this too but in a different context and wasn't certain if it was a new problem:

postgres=> select char_length('hi'::text);
length
------
2
(1 row)

postgres=> select character_length('hi'::varchar);
PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel before responding.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request.

- Tom