Re: Max field name length

Posted in 1997

Peter Lancashire — Tue, 02 Sep 1997 11:57:58 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

crebo wrote: > > Hello all, > is there any way to get around the 18 char field name > length in ODS ?? > -thanks This is a hangover from SQL89. SQL92 allows longer names but as so few vendors implement even a fraction of it properly, names longer than 18 characters would not be very portable. Peter -- Peter Lancashire Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc.