Re: 18 char limit to names

Posted in 1996

Billy Wheeler — 1 Oct 1996 06:38:19 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> THe 18 char limit to names of tables, columns, etc. > .... I assume this is an ANSI standrad.. can > anyone give me a quick pointer to where this > is stated ... I'm trying to convince some > Microsoft cheeseheads that it's not some > limitation ala 64K is enough for everyone. Dunno where it is, but it *was* the ANSI standard. Apparently, they upped it this year to 32. -- Ciao, Billy +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Billy Wheeler Junior Programmer / Director The West Solutions Group | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Oracle isn't the answer. Oracle is the question, and the answer is "no". | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+