ISTM this is a bug, no? (9.0devel, cvs 2010.03.04 01:30)
replicas=# select length( to_char(1, '0') ); length -------- 2 (1 row) There seems to be an erroneously prefixed space: replicas=# select '>' || to_char(1, repeat('0',8)) || '<'; ?column? ------------- > 00000001< (1 row) replicas=# select version(); version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 9.0devel-standby on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.4.3, 64-bit (1 row) Erik Rijkers -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers