On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:13:45PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > psql \dTS+ shows for data type 'name': > > pg_catalog | name | name | 64 | | > | 63-character type for storing system identifiers > > I believe this is really 63 bytes, not characters. I also see it > mismatched in our docs: > > in the internal system catalogs and is not intended for use by the > general user. Its > length is currently defined as 64 bytes (63 usable characters plus > ---------- > terminator) but should be referenced using the constant > <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> in <literal>C</> source code. > > Should I fix this?
Fix applied; no catalog bump. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
