Re: History behind 30 character name limit?
From: <fitzjarrell_at_cox.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:03:49 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <bb88d62c-1682-46e0-9310-dc7130c87a43@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:03:49 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <bb88d62c-1682-46e0-9310-dc7130c87a43@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 5, 10:30 am, LineVoltageHalogen <tropicalfruitdr..._at_yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Just curious if anyone knows the original spirit behind Oracle's limit
> on table, column, object names to 30 characters?
>
> Cheers, TFD.
One would presume it stemmed from the 16-bit processors available when Oracle was introduced and hasn't changed since.
Some 'limitations' are difficult to lift, it appears.
David Fitzjarrell Received on Wed Mar 05 2008 - 11:03:49 CST