Re: rc-1 problem with long text fields?

[Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>]

Mike(dot)Blackwell(at)rrd(dot)com wrote:
> Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> wrote on 11/19/2004 10:07:58 AM:
>
>
> > Very bad idea. If pgAdmin offers to edit the column at all, the field 
> > content must be complete. Anything else would lead to many bad 
>
> surprises.
>
> Point taken.  Still, going unresponsive for minutes is not a good trait 
> for any interactive software.
>
> How about a size limit (configurable?) beyond which pgAdmin displays a 
> particular cell read-only, with truncated text  or a warning in place of 
> the text. 

To detect such a column, it must have been retrieved, which wouldn't 
help for your problem...

Regards,
Andreas