Re: Selecting a constant question

From: "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
To: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Larry McGhaw" <lmcghaw(at)connx(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Selecting a constant question
Date: 2007-06-11 22:54:08
Message-ID: D425483C2C5C9F49B5B7A41F894415470100071A@postal.corporate.connx.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 3:44 PM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: Tom Lane; Gregory Stark; Martijn van Oosterhout; pgsql-
> hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; Larry McGhaw
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Selecting a constant question
>
> Dann Corbit wrote:
>
> > If the server bound the data as UNICODE, then it will tell me
> > UNICODE(3). I know how big this will be.
> >
> > In the worst case scenario it will fit in 3*4 = 12 bytes.
> >
> > If the server is built without UNICODE enabled, then it will
definitely
> > fit in 3 bytes.
>
> Unless it's some other multibyte encoding. And nowadays, the server
is
> always "unicode enabled". The stuff sent down the wire is unicode or
> not depending on a configuration parameter.

Even at that, we still know an absolute maximum of 12 bytes.

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