RE: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "James Buchanan" <jamesb(at)northnet(dot)com(dot)au>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: place for newbie postgresql hackers to work
Date: 2001-06-06 04:42:41
Message-ID: ECEHIKNFIMMECLEBJFIGMEOICAAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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> I know this is a big ask, but once its done its done, and we can
> all get on
> with the job. Not trying to criticize anyone, this is not a flame! Just
> asking for a place for newbies to start hacking.

Why not start with Thomas Swan's earlier posting?:

> I just got bit by the identifier name is too long and will be truncated
> limitation in Postgresql.
>
> AFIAA there is a limit of 64 characters for identifiers (names of
> tables, sequences, indexes, etc...)
>
> I had just started to get in the habit of using serial data types until
> I made to tables with long names and the automatic sequence names that
> were generated conflicted, *ouch* ...
>
> Is there the possibility of a name conflict resolution during the table
> creation phase similar to "the name I want to assign is already taken,
> so I'll pick a different name..." on the serial data type?

Chris

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