Received: from u1.abs.net (root@u1.abs.net [207.114.0.131]) by hub.org (8.8.8/8.7.5) with ESMTP id LAA17687 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from insightdist.com (nobody@localhost) by u1.abs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id KAA29969 for pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:59:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: u1.abs.net: nobody set sender to insightdist.com!byronn using -f Received: by insightdist.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA22667; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:55:17 -0400 Received: from [3.0.0.50] by ceodev (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA66328; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:42:15 -0400 Message-Id: <353F5423.85F6FBCB@insightdist.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:45:55 -0400 From: Byron Nikolaidis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: PostgreSQL Hacker , "pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org" Subject: retrieving varchar size Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible, in the Postgres backend, to send back the defined column size for the varchar data type (and possibly the char() type, i.e., bpchar) on a query? Currently, it just sends back -1 for the size, which makes it difficult in the frontend (i.e., odbc driver) to determine what the size of the column is. Thank you, Byron