Re: Longest name for table/column/key/index

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl>
Cc: "Pgsql-Admin (E-mail)" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Longest name for table/column/key/index
Date: 2004-10-18 04:08:21
Message-ID: 200410180408.i9I48LU01258@candle.pha.pa.us
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Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Are there any limits to the length of the names of tables, columns, primary keys and indexes in PostgreSQL?

63 characters by default.

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