-- -- VARCHAR -- -- -- Build a table for testing -- (This temporarily hides the table created in test_setup.sql) -- CREATE TEMP TABLE VARCHAR_TBL(f1 varchar(1)); INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('a'); INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('A'); -- any of the following three input formats are acceptable INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('1'); INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES (2); INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('3'); -- zero-length char INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES (''); -- try varchar's of greater than 1 length INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('cd'); ERROR: value too long for type character varying(1) INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('c '); SELECT * FROM VARCHAR_TBL; f1 ---- a A 1 2 3 c (7 rows) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <> 'a'; f1 ---- A 1 2 3 c (6 rows) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 = 'a'; f1 ---- a (1 row) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 < 'a'; f1 ---- 1 2 3 (4 rows) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <= 'a'; f1 ---- a 1 2 3 (5 rows) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 > 'a'; f1 ---- A c (2 rows) SELECT c.* FROM VARCHAR_TBL c WHERE c.f1 >= 'a'; f1 ---- a A c (3 rows) DROP TABLE VARCHAR_TBL; -- -- Now test longer arrays of char -- -- This varchar_tbl was already created and filled in test_setup.sql. -- Here we just try to insert bad values. -- INSERT INTO VARCHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('abcde'); ERROR: value too long for type character varying(4) SELECT * FROM VARCHAR_TBL; f1 ------ a ab abcd abcd (4 rows) -- Also try it with non-error-throwing API SELECT pg_input_is_valid('abcd ', 'varchar(4)'); pg_input_is_valid ------------------- t (1 row) SELECT pg_input_is_valid('abcde', 'varchar(4)'); pg_input_is_valid ------------------- f (1 row) SELECT * FROM pg_input_error_info('abcde', 'varchar(4)'); message | detail | hint | sql_error_code ----------------------------------------------+--------+------+---------------- value too long for type character varying(4) | | | 22001 (1 row)