Re: NAMEDATALEN

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)monsterlabs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: NAMEDATALEN
Date: 2001-05-10 20:27:48
Message-ID: 200105102027.f4AKRmF28264@candle.pha.pa.us
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You can dump and reload. It is saying all databases under the same
postmaster have to have the same NAMEDATALEN.

> is it safe to change NAMEDATALEN, dump an existing database, recompile,
> and then restore the database?
>
> in src/include/postgres_ext.h, it mentions that "... databases with
> different NAMEDATALEN's cannot interoperate!", and i was wondering if
> included when altering NAMEDATALEN for a database that already has data
> even if performing a pg_dump on it.
>
> -tfo
>
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