Re: NAME maximum length in _bytes_

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:13:45PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> psql \dTS+ shows for data type 'name':
> 
> 	 pg_catalog | name                | name            | 64   |          | 
>         | 63-character type for storing system identifiers
> 
> I believe this is really 63 bytes, not characters.  I also see it
> mismatched in our docs:
> 
>     in the internal system catalogs and is not intended for use by the general user. Its
>     length is currently defined as 64 bytes (63 usable characters plus
>                                                        ----------
>     terminator) but should be referenced using the constant
>     NAMEDATALEN in C</> source code.
> 
> Should I fix this?

Fix applied;  no catalog bump.

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