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Re: What was the exact version of PostgreSQL where the column name length changed from 31 to 63 characters? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: What was the exact version of PostgreSQL where the column name length changed from 31 to 63 characters?
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Msg-id 1303843420.29343.3.camel@jdavis-ux.asterdata.local
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In response to What was the exact version of PostgreSQL where the column name length changed from 31 to 63 characters?  (Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>)
Responses Re: What was the exact version of PostgreSQL where the column name length changed from 31 to 63 characters?  (Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>)
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On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 18:35 +0000, Dann Corbit wrote:
> I need to know so that I can handle cases like:
> 
> Create table foolongcols(
>     nevermindthefurthermorejustpleadinselfdefense char(5), 
>     nevermindthefurthermorejustpleadguilty char(5)
> );
> 
> I assume that other object names (table name, function name, etc.) are similarly affected.  Is that correct?

It was changed in this commit:

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=46bb23ac016714065711cf2a780e080c7310d66e

which was first released in 7.3.0, as far as I can tell.

Regards,Jeff Davis

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