Hi,

> My only question is "Is VARCHAR(256) enough, would VARCHAR(512) cause
> any problems?" Then one can have large UNICODE names as well and we do
> not have to worry about another increase later?

I'm afraid the BLR doesn't support this, that's why 255 is suggested.

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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