RE: [PEAR-DEV] MDB postgresql feature request
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:04:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] MDB postgresql feature request | ||
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> From: Jeroen Houben [mailto:jeroen@terena.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:47 PM
> Postgresql 7.2 and above do not automatically truncate strings if they
> don't fit the field. Although this complies with the SQL specs, I
think
> a lot of people find it annoying. It would be nice if you could set an
> option (auto_truncate_strings) to "on" or "off".
>
> Problem is that I don't know how to implement this, as MDB to my
> knowledge does not know about the length of a field. Perhaps in
> conjunction with the MDB manager it could be done. Or maybe this is
just
> not possible, comments are welcome.
What would need to be done to create this option?
Is it something that is defined at table creation? Or does this need to
be defined per connection session?
Regards,
Lukas