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Re: Correction: Postgres emum documentation 8.7.4 should read 63 characters (instead of bytes) - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Erik Wienhold
Subject Re: Correction: Postgres emum documentation 8.7.4 should read 63 characters (instead of bytes)
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Msg-id 1033607900.522472.1680437458038@office.mailbox.org
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In response to Correction: Postgres emum documentation 8.7.4 should read 63 characters (instead of bytes)  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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> On 01/04/2023 00:17 CEST PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/datatype-enum.html
> Description:
>
> Postgres documentation, section 8.7.4 gives the limit on enum labels as 63
> bytes.
> Testing this with an oversized string gives the following error:
> SQL Error [42602]: ERROR: invalid enum label
>   Detail: Labels must be 63 characters or less.

The documentation is correct.  NAMEDATALEN is in bytes not characters.
The error message was fixed to say bytes in v14.

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAB8KJ%3DitZEJ7C9BacTHSYgeUysH4xx8wDiOnyppnSLyn6-g%2BBw%40mail.gmail.com

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Erik

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