ah, that goes along with the "you can make the file name any length now" feature in Windows :)
--- Rodd Holman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It might be for a new feature, two_page_long_columnames=true ;-) > > Rodd > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 14:23, Rachel Carmichael wrote: > > As part of the process of making sure that null/not null > constraints > > are consistent across development/staging/production, I'm looking > at > > the dba_cons_columns table. > > > > Now, as far as I know, column_names are limited to 30 characters, > > correct? If so, why is the column_name column in dba_cons_columns > > (9.2.0.1) a varchar2(4000)? I realize that the "extra space" isn't > used > > and is never allocated so it's not like this is wasteful. > > > > But it's inconsistent with everything else, since dba_tab_columns > has a > > column_name column of varchar2(30). > > > > anyone know why this is like this? > > > > Rachel > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > Rodd Holman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Romans 1:16-17 > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Rodd Holman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
