Re: [SQL] Column name's length

Zalman Stern <zalman(at)netcom(dot)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"?

regards, tom lane