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Christophe Pettus: All Your GUCs in a Row: max_identifier_length

PostgreSQL Planet2d4 min read

max_identifier_length reports a number, 63, and the number is the least interesting thing about it. Every relational database caps the length of a name. What is unusual about PostgreSQL is what happens when you go over: MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle reject the statement, while PostgreSQL cuts the …

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