Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] impossible insert data into VARCHAR

>
> Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> > > [... quoting level exceeded ...]
> >
> >     ARRRRG - then next problem with VARSIZE - damn thing.
> >
> >     This  time  it's during the parser (gdb told me). varcharin()
> >     is called with a atttypmod of  0  causing  a  palloc()  of  0
> >     bytes.  How should a VARCHAR type whithout a specified length
> >     behave? Is this type 1 character or a  variable  size  up  to
> >     4096?
>
> It should allow any length (up to the implementation maximum of 4096). The usage is not defined for SQL92,
> unlike the case for "char" with no explicit size which defaults to one.
>

    Could be hacked into varcharin(). If the test on atttypmod is
    changed from "!= -1" into "> 0" it  works  that  way.   Don't
    have  the  time  right now to run a regression test, but some
    typed queries with

    select into t values ...

    and

    select into t select ...

    worked O.K.


Until later, Jan

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