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From: aoki@postgres.berkeley.edu (Paul M. Aoki)
Subject: Re: error in retrieve command
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 14:18:17 -0700
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Bart Maessen <Bart.Maessen@fel.tno.nl> writes:
> Something goes wrong when one uses the retrieve command on a table which
> has many attributes.
> use the following create command:
> create weg_l( id=int4,transmittal=int4,kind=text,AP030=text, ACC=float8,
> state_condition=text,weight_wheel_one=float8, weight_wheel_two=float8,
> weight_track_one=float8,weight_track_two=float8, nr_of_tracks=float8,
> median=text,overhead=float8,overhead_obs=text, kind_of_road=text,
> transportation=text,width=float8,weather=text, bbox=box)

i think this is the dreaded "actually using 16 characters in a char16" 
bug.  char16 is *not* NULL-delimited.  some code is correctly written.
some is not. :-P

this cruft is all over.  the worst offenders are the utility commands
(i.e., things that manipulate attribute names, class names, etc.).
we're working on it.  meanwhile, use of >15 characters in any char16 
system identifiers (like attribute names, etc.) is highly discouraged.
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