It looks blank, but its contents are actually there. ctrl-a, ctrl-c in the column selects what you''d expect to see. The behavior happens a 65536 in the lpad
select lpad('test', 65535, 't') -- looks OK select lpad('test', 65536, 't') -- looks empty (but really isn't) On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Peter Geoghegan < peter.geoghega...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's Jeff's test case. I am not immediately able to check it: > > On 27 July 2010 17:54, Jeff Adams <jad...@azavea.com> wrote: > > Piece o' cake: > > > > select lpad('test', 75, 't') as test75, lpad('test', 750, 't') as > test750, > > lpad('test', 7500, 't') as test7500, lpad('test', 75000, 't') as > test75000, > > lpad('test', 10000, 't') as test10000 > > > > For me, I see "tttttttttttttttttttttt" in the (non-resized) test75, > test750, > > test7500, and test10000 columns, but the test75000 column has a blank > cell. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Peter Geoghegan > > -- > Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support >