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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:31:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [pgjdbc/pgjdbc] issue #3465: Metadata CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH is a positive number for non-character column types
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At first glance I would agree with you, however looking at the docs you linked to they explicitly say where null is allowed and for CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH they don't say anything. So it appears to be up to the driver how to deal with it. I can ask the spec team what they think.