Re: Name limitation question - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Name limitation question
Date
Msg-id 200306252141.h5PLffH13929@candle.pha.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Name limitation question  (greg@turnstep.com)
List pgsql-novice
Added to TODO:

    * Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure
      option


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greg@turnstep.com wrote:
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> > > Isn't the SQL standard 128 chars?
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> > Yes.  We tested that a few months ago when we raised the limit from 31
> > to 63, and determined that there was a nontrivial additional speed and
> > space penalty to raising it to 128.  Since nobody could muster a
> > real-world use case that actually required 128, we didn't go there.
> > But if you feel you need to check off that particular SQL-compliance
> > box, see NAMEDATALEN in postgres_ext.h.
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> Would it make more sense to put this in as a configure option? It
> might be rarely changed, but it does seem like the right place for it.
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> Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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