Re: configure datatype name > 31?

Sorry, this is a duplicate sent before I subscribed to the group--it was
stalled, so I resent after subscribing.  This question has been answered.

Thanks,

// mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Mark McEahern
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: [ADMIN] configure datatype name > 31?
>
>
> Hi, the name datatype, which is used at least here:
>
>     pg_database.datname
>     pg_shadow.usename
>
> is a 31 character field.  That seems awfully low.  For instance,
> what if I'm
> silly enough to want to make a database named:
>
>     customer_GUID
>
> where GUID is something like:
>
>     0ff7d0cc-7394-4b15-a28e-7018b1056f9c
>
> You can imagine I have many customers, each with their own
> database; since I
> use a guid to distinguish the customers, it makes most sense to
> me to use a
> guid to distinguish their databases.
>
> Since GUIDs (in that form at least) are 36 characters, I'm already SOL.  I
> can condense the data, but I'd really much rather just use it like it is.
>
> SQL Server 2000, for example, uses nvarchar(256) for the sysname field,
> which seems to perform a similar function.
>
> Is there a way to configure PostgreSQL to make the name field larger?
>
> Thanks,
>
> // mark
>
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