| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: AW: AW: Truncation of char, varchar types |
| Date: | 2001-04-11 18:25:41 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0104112023240.1201-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Zeugswetter Andreas SB writes:
> Thank you. Is an "exception condition" necessarily an error, or
> is a warning also an exception condition ?
A warning/notice is called a "completion condition".
> Because other db's only raise a warning. Of course we don't want to
> copy that behavior if they are not conformant. See above question.
Someone said Oracle raises an error. Informix seems to be the only other
db that truncates silently. I think Oracle wins here...
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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