Take a look at www.postgresql.org/docs/index.php?datatype-character.html. Be sure to take a look at the comments at the bottom of the page. The documentation agrees with you, but Peter Eisentraut gives a different take.
-----Original Message----- From: Brett W. McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:50 AM To: Michal 'Samuel' Modestowicz Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] TEXT field's length limit in PostgreSQL On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, [iso-8859-2] Micha³ 'Samuel' Modestowicz wrote: > I know that my question may seem trivial, but unfortunately I haven't found > any understandable info on this topic. It's about length limit of the TEXT > field in PostgreSQL. I've heard that the TEXT fields in psql are limited to > 4096 bytes but it's just unbelievable for me. So if I've got text of more > than 4096 bytes size, for example article - do I really have to put it in > the LOB field and use these terrific lo-functions to access it ?? Please, if > anyone can help me - write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The limitation is gone in 7.1. According to the documentation, the length is unlimited. Realistically, I think sizes of around 1G are the discrete limit. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
