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Re: 30 Character Limit on Oracle

From: Avi Abrami <aabrami_at_intersystemsww.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:11:38 +0200
Message-ID: <3E50ED9A.7090004@intersystemsww.com>


Richard Foote wrote:
> "Harish" <harishparam_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:26f800fb.0302170401.23f180ef_at_posting.google.com...
>

>>1. Oracle imposes 30 character limit on object names. Any specific
>>reasons why this limit has not been relaxed even in 9i.

>
> 30 chars is not such a bad limit.
>

When I was working with the Informix database -- several years ago -- they imposed an 18 charatcer limit on object names. After that, 30 characters seems like a _real_ lot!

(Be thankful for what you got, Harish ;-)

Cheers,
Avi. Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 08:11:38 CST

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