| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Mark McEahern" <marklists(at)mceahern(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: configure datatype name > 31? |
| Date: | 2002-05-03 19:36:47 |
| Message-ID: | 15198.1020454607@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Mark McEahern" <marklists(at)mceahern(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL to make the name field larger?
Edit src/include/postgres_ext.h to change NAMEDATALEN (keep it a
multiple of 4). Build, install, initdb.
In current releases there are client-side dependencies on NAMEDATALEN,
so you should take care to recompile *everything*. We are working to
remove all dependencies on NAMEDATALEN in the standard clients and
client libraries for 7.3, though.
According to recent tests there's a measurable performance hit for
large values of NAMEDATALEN, so I wouldn't recommend making it bigger
than about 100 ...
regards, tom lane
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