On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 7:09 PM, V S P<toreason(at)fastmail(dot)fm> wrote:
> Searched docs and the web but only saw references to the older version
> of postgres
> where changing source code was recommended ( NAMEDATALEN) if more than
> 31 characters
> in the names are desired.
>
> wanted to ask if this is still the case in 8.4 (I need at least 128)
Unless you want to compile your own version, I think the curent limit
is 64 or 63 characters. There are real and measurable performance hits
as you go over that number.