diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
index 89ef0f098b..469f2f2021 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ implements
     }
 
     final AbstractDataType<T> length0(Integer l) {
+
+        // [#18742] There are no zero length strings or binary strings in SQL
+        if (l != null && l == 0)
+            l = null;
+
         if (eq(length0(), l))
             return this;
         else
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
index 0d0f5535b4..9683521710 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaImpl.java
@@ -1695,6 +1695,17 @@ final class MetaImpl extends AbstractMeta {
 
 
 
+
+
+
+                    case POSTGRES:
+                    case YUGABYTEDB:
+
+                        // [#18742] The pgjdbc driver reports a meaningless TEXT[] length.
+                        if (precision == Integer.MAX_VALUE && "_text".equals(typeName))
+                            precision = 0;
+
+                        break;
 
                     // [#17284] Computed columns are reported as defaults
                     case DERBY: