> I know this is a big ask, but once its done its done, and we can
> all get on
> with the job. Not trying to criticize anyone, this is not a flame! Just
> asking for a place for newbies to start hacking.
Why not start with Thomas Swan's earlier posting?:
> I just got bit by the identifier name is too long and will be truncated
> limitation in Postgresql.
>
> AFIAA there is a limit of 64 characters for identifiers (names of
> tables, sequences, indexes, etc...)
>
> I had just started to get in the habit of using serial data types until
> I made to tables with long names and the automatic sequence names that
> were generated conflicted, *ouch* ...
>
> Is there the possibility of a name conflict resolution during the table
> creation phase similar to "the name I want to assign is already taken,
> so I'll pick a different name..." on the serial data type?
Chris
