>
> Quoting The Hermit Hacker (scrappy@hub.org):
> >
> > Bruce? Guys? Any word on this one? I *thought* I remembered reading
> > soething about the 'attlen' becoming -1, but just checked the mailing list
> > archives and couldn't find anything :(
> >
>
> It appears as if atttypmod now has the field length + 4 ???
I assume you are asking of attlen for char() and varchar() have the max
length. The answer is now NO. They are varlena structures like text,
and so have a attlen of -1. Atttypmod for that pg_attribute row now has
the defined length.
In the old days, pre 6.3, pg_type.typlen != pg_attribute.attlen for
char() and varchar(), causing all sorts of type-conditional wierness in
the backend for these types. With the new code, pg_type.typlen =
pg_attribute.attlen all the time.
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