Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] Column name's length

> Zalman Stern <zalman@netcom.com> writes:
> > Here are the two diffs that up the "name size" from 32 characters to 256
> > characters. (Once I get bit, I try to fix things real good so I don't get
> > bit again :-))
> > -----
> > diff  postgresql-6.4.2/src/include/postgres_ext.h postgres-build/src/include/postgres_ext.h
> > 34c34
> > < #define NAMEDATALEN 32
> > ---
> >> #define NAMEDATALEN 256
> > 37c37
> > < #define OIDNAMELEN    36
> > ---
> >> #define OIDNAMELEN    260
> > -----
> > diff postgresql-6.4.2/src/include/storage/buf_internals.h postgres-build/src/include/storage/buf_internals.h
> > 87c87
> > < #define PADDED_SBUFDESC_SIZE  128
> > ---
> >> #define PADDED_SBUFDESC_SIZE  1024
> > -----
> 
> It'd probably be worthwhile to move NAMEDATALEN to config.h and make the
> other two symbols be computed off NAMEDATALEN.  Any objections if I
> sneak that change into 6.5, or is it too close to being a "new feature"?

Don't they have to be visible to outside apps, so it is in postgres_ext.h?

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