On 2000-02-07, Jeff MacDonald <jeff@pgsql.com> mentioned:
> Ok sounds good then. got a few questions..
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> 1: how to change this (i assume it's in the source, and not a
> configure otpion)
in src/include/postgres_ext.h the macro NAMEDATALEN
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> 2: will it require and initdb , backup, reinstall . or just
> recompilie and let her rip.
Oh yeah, the whole deal. See also comments near the above location.
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> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
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> > "Jeff MacDonald <jeff@pgsql.com>" <jeffm@pgsql.com> writes:
> > > Will Postgres suffer any major performance hits from
> > > recomiling with support for column names over 32 chars.
> > > ie: 64 chars.
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> > I doubt it'd make a large difference, except that your system
> > tables would get bigger. Try it and let us know what you see...
> >
> > regards, tom lane
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