| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | NAME maximum length in _bytes_ |
| Date: | 2012-05-08 21:13:45 |
| Message-ID: | 20120508211345.GK16882@momjian.us |
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psql \dTS+ shows for data type 'name':
pg_catalog | name | name | 64 | |
| 63-character type for storing system identifiers
I believe this is really 63 bytes, not characters. I also see it
mismatched in our docs:
in the internal system catalogs and is not intended for use by the general user. Its
length is currently defined as 64 bytes (63 usable characters plus
----------
terminator) but should be referenced using the constant
<symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> in <literal>C</> source code.
Should I fix this?
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
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