Re: Identifiers max 18 character?

Posted in 1998

Clem Akins — Mon, 11 May 1998 10:22:24 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Magnus asks: >I have an application running on Windows NT which uses a database that we >access through ODBC. With MS SQL Server and Oracle we have no major >problems. We are now trying to use Informix 7.30 but we fail because the >maximum length of the identifiers (table names, column names and index >names) is only 18 characters! > >Is there any way to bypass this problem? I don't want to rewrite my >application... Long identifiers are planned in the next release of IDS, due out late this year. Watch the product announcements for more details. _____________________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 Customer Course Development Manager Informix Software, Inc Last seen: Back in *The* Bay Area--San Francisco!