Re: Identifier max length

From: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Birahim FALL <birahim(dot)fall(at)hispeed(dot)ch>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Identifier max length
Date: 2003-10-22 19:05:33
Message-ID: 3F96D4FD.1060102@fireserve.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>Birahim FALL wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, Certainly a stupid question : What is the max length for
>>identifiers. A test shows me 63 for a table name. I just
>>imagine it's the same for constraint name, view name etc ...
>>but I'm not sure. Or where can I get this info, because it's
>>not in the Postgresl docs ! Thanks
>>
>>
>
>Yep, all 63 limit. Not sure where it is documented.
>
>
>
The lengths can be found in 7.3.2 manauls at: (kinda haphazard)
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Tutorial - Section 1.3 pg 3
Reference - Section CREATE OPERATOR pg 2 of section
Reference - Section LISTEN pg 2 of section
Reference - Section NOTIFY pg 2 of section
Admin - Appendix A- Section 3.1 - pg 108
Admin - Appendix A- Section 3.3.5 - pg 111
User - Section 1.1.1 pg 2
User - Section 1.1.1 pg 5
User - Section 5.3 pg 58

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