Re: [HACKERS] bug with long serial names

> > create table a12345678901234567890 ( b1234567890 serial );
> > causes this:
> > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> The upper limit on names is probably something like
> <table name length> + <column name length> + 5 <= 31

Here is a patch which should catch the problem:

pg=> create table a12345678901234567890 ( b1234567890 serial );
ERROR: CREATE TABLE/SERIAL implicit sequence name must be less than 32
characters
Sum of lengths of 'a12345678901234567890' and 'b1234567890' must
be less than 27

Will be in the next release. Apply the patch by putting it into the
backend/parser/ directory, then typing:

patch < analyze.c.patch

btw, the patch should apply cleanly but with offsets since my source
code has some other changes you will not want (yet).

- Tom