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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Davis [mailto:pgsql@j-davis.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:44 AM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] What was the exact version of PostgreSQL where
> the column name length changed from 31 to 63 characters?
>
> 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=46bb23
> ac016714065711cf2a780e080c7310d66e
>
> which was first released in 7.3.0, as far as I can tell.

Thanks (and also to Merlin Moncure) for finding this information.