tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us (Tom Lane) wrote in message news:<15793.1044566157@sss.pgh.pa.us>...
> I think this is probably due to this bug:
>
> 2002-05-05 13:38 tgl
>
> * src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c (REL7_2_STABLE):
> plpgsql_dstring_append was broken for long strings.
>
> If so, updating to 7.2.2 or later should fix it.
>
thanks, I had hesitated to try out a newer version, but with your
insight I will give this a shot and post a result.
Damon