This will be fixed in the 7.2 release.
> Hello,
>
> Usually, I use Oracle for develop database application. However, I
> change my computer to Linux system (Mandrake 8) and I decide change database
> to Postgresql.
> In Oracle when I create a table where a colum is a char(n) or varchar(n), if
> I try to insert in this table value bigger than n , I get an error. That
> doesn't happen in Postgresql, if I try to insert a value bigger than n, it's
> accept because trunk the value. I don't want that, if the value is bigger I
> want an error. I created a check constraint with the function [char_length
> (parameter) < (n+1)] but still not working. Can you help me to resolve this
> problem? The version of Postgresql that I have is 7.1.2.
>
> Best Regards,
> Cl?udia
>
> Portugal
>
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