Re: The maximum length of column

Posted in 1999

Clem Akins — Sun, 21 Feb 1999 10:43:17 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Note that this maximum will be increased to 128 in the soon-to-be- released Centaur (9.2) version of the Informix Dynamic Server. Verifying this by means of the syscolumns table is a great way to be *sure* of the length in any version. At 12:15 PM 13-02-99 +0800, jeff wrote: >You can reference the syscolumns table in system catalog tables. >The syscolumns table defines the length of colname field to be 18 >and data type is NCHAR(18). > >Po-Hsiang Wang wrote in message <36C0F78D.62CF0FB@ms.chttl.com.tw>... >>Dear all, >> Would you like to tell me that the maximun length of column(attribute) >>name of informix and other databases is in physical design? Thanks a >>lot! > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 Customer Course Development Informix Software, Inc Last seen: Reveling in the spring stormy sunshine of the SF Bay