Re: BUG #4109: Typo in documentation

Fujii Masao wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4109
> Logged by: Fujii Masao
> Email address: fujii(dot)masao(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3
> Operating system: All
> Description: Typo in documentation
> Details:
>
> I found the typo in
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-enum.html .
>
>> The length of an enum value's textual label is limited by the NAMEDATALEN
>
>> setting compiled into PostgreSQL; in standard builds this means at most 63
> bytes.
>
> Correct is that the NAMEDATALEN means 64 bytes in standard builds.

No. NAMEDATALEN is 64 bytes, but the 64th byte is reserved for the
null-terminator, so the string stored can be at most 63 bytes long.

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