Fix for Alter TABLE add column varchar(). Was causing zero length.

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/command.c b/src/backend/commands/command.c
index 363b5d2a8e16c41d7ee7f55f8e5411dace88267d..99c06b66e3635e8010614d487115c2e01ba90745 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/commands/command.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/command.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.5 1996/11/06 08:21:30 scrappy Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/Attic/command.c,v 1.6 1996/11/17 04:23:10 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *    The PortalExecutorHeapMemory crap needs to be eliminated
@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ PerformAddAttribute(char *relationName,
        }
        namestrcpy(&(attribute->attname), (char*) key[1].sk_argument);
        attribute->atttypid = typeTuple->t_oid;
-       attribute->attlen = form->typlen;
+       if (form->typlen > 0)
+           attribute->attlen = form->typlen;
+       else    /* bpchar and varchar */
+           attribute->attlen = colDef->typename->typlen;
        attribute->attnum = i;
        attribute->attbyval = form->typbyval;
        attribute->attnelems = attnelems;