Addition to: Trouble with initdb when the #define NAMEDATALEN = 51

From: "G(dot) Anthony Reina" <reina(at)nsi(dot)edu>
To: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Addition to: Trouble with initdb when the #define NAMEDATALEN = 51
Date: 2001-05-11 23:54:35
Message-ID: 3AFC7BBB.70B4D55F@nsi.edu
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Sorry, I forgot to include that I'm compiling this on RedHat 6.2,
Pentium III with Postgres 7.1.1.

-Tony

> I'm not sure if this is still needed in postgres to define the length of
> a variable/table name.
>
> In postgres_ext.h, I changed:
>
> #define NAMEDATALEN 32
> to
> #define NAMEDATALEN 51
>
> Everything compiled and installed. However, the initdb started up but
> then just said that it failed.
>
> I did a gmake clean and changed the 51 back to 32 and everything went
> through correctly (make, install, and initdb). Can anyone else verify if
> this is correct or even makes sense?
>
> Thanks.
> -Tony
>
>

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