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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Al Dev
Your email address : alavoor@yahoo.com
Category : runtime: back-end: SQL
Severity : critical
Summary: create table with long tablename with unique index having long fieldname fails
System Configuration
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Operating System : Redhat5.2 Linux 2.0.36
PostgreSQL version : 6.4.2
Compiler used : gcc 2.7
Hardware:
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Versions of other tools:
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gmake, flex
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Problem Description:
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I am creating a table having name more than 30 chars
and a unique index on a field whose name is also more than
30 chars. The create table statement fails and gives error -
hos=> create table longtablename (DATE_TIME_STAMP datetime not null,
hos-> UNIQUE (DATE_TIME_STAMP));
ERROR: parser: unable to construct implicit index for table longtablename; name too long
hos=> \q
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Test Case:
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$ psql mydatabase
hos=> create table longtablename (DATE_TIME_STAMP datetime not null,
hos-> UNIQUE (DATE_TIME_STAMP));
ERROR: parser: unable to construct implicit index for table longtablename; name too long
hos=> \q
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Solution:
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