The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/datatype-enum.html
Description:
Postgres documentation, section 8.7.4 gives the limit on enum labels as 63
bytes.
Testing this with an oversized string gives the following error:
SQL Error [42602]: ERROR: invalid enum label
Detail: Labels must be 63 characters or less.
> On 01/04/2023 00:17 CEST PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/datatype-enum.html
> Description:
>
> Postgres documentation, section 8.7.4 gives the limit on enum labels as 63
> bytes.
> Testing this with an oversized string gives the following error:
> SQL Error [42602]: ERROR: invalid enum label
> Detail: Labels must be 63 characters or less.
The documentation is correct. NAMEDATALEN is in bytes not characters.
The error message was fixed to say bytes in v14.
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAB8KJ%3DitZEJ7C9BacTHSYgeUysH4xx8wDiOnyppnSLyn6-g%2BBw%40mail.gmail.com
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Erik