Re: Name Lengths

Posted in 1999

Chuck Renaud — Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:06:31 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> I am gathering information on the maximum allowable name length for tables > and field in various databases. What are the limits for Informix? Are > these limits configurable? Thanks. There's an 18-character limit for identifiers in Informix. In 9.2 (not GA yet), it will be 128 characters. I would expect this to eventually happen in 7.x as the code lines for 7.x and 9.x converge. No idea about 8.x, however...