Richard Huxton wrote:
Howard Wilkinson wrote:
I am working on some upgrades to the MyDNS open source product. I
have some expertise in MySQL but am not overly familiar with
PostgreSQL and need some guidance on how to query the schema for the
maximum size of data a column can hold.
Unless you're after PG-specific stuff, it's probably best to use the
information-schema.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/information-schema.html
This has a standard layout cross-database, so will help you to extend
you app across other systems. I think it's supported in the latest
version of MySQL too.
SO I can do something like this?
select character_maximum_length from information_schema.columns where
table_name='rr' and column_name='data';
Yes?
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