Re: libpq query length limit

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Charles Seaton <cseaton(at)stccmop(dot)org> writes:
> I am using libpq to access a PostgreSQL 8.2.7 database.
> I am encountering segfault errors when the query length exceeds some 
> value greater than 633 characters and less than 2492 characters. The 
> database log shows the message
> LOG:  08P01: unexpected EOF on client connection

> The query that causes problems through libpq can be run directly in psql 
> without a problem.

Almost certainly, this is a bug within the code calling libpq, and not
in libpq itself.  Many people routinely use queries much longer than
that ...

			regards, tom lane