| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird 2.5 maximum length for each type of identifier |
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| Author | Lester Caine |
| Post date | 2010-11-12T19:31:24Z |
Sean wrote:
If it was going to be easy to change then it would have happened, but it is not
simply a matter of changing some limit, it will require some major coordination
to allow it to happen ... when it does become practical.
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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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> Does anyone know why are they are still restricted to only 31 characters? Why can't they be increased to 64 characters?Simply 25 years worth of backwards compatibility with tools and the like.
If it was going to be easy to change then it would have happened, but it is not
simply a matter of changing some limit, it will require some major coordination
to allow it to happen ... when it does become practical.
--
Lester Caine - G8HFL
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Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php