"Gene Neely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have found no way to automatically trim fields to the length of the > varchar or char on inserts and updates.
Write an explicit cast to varchar(N) or whatever it is. > Can this become a Configuration option??? No, because the behavior is required by the SQL standard. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org