Re: [HACKERS] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dhanaraj M <Dhanaraj(dot)M(at)sun(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option
Date: 2007-01-06 23:13:29
Message-ID: 200701070013.30303.peter_e@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I'm wondering how this got into the TODO list. It seems rather
> pointless, and likely to create client compatibility problems (if
> not, why is NAMEDATALEN exported at all?)

I think because it used to be used in libpq's notification structure.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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