Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option

2007-01-06 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> ... why is NAMEDATALEN exported at all?) > I think because it used to be used in libpq's notification structure. Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe we should take it out of postgres_ext.h and move it to pg_config_manual.h. If no

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option

2007-01-06 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane wrote: > I'm wondering how this got into the TODO list. It seems rather > pointless, and likely to create client compatibility problems (if > not, why is NAMEDATALEN exported at all?) I think because it used to be used in libpq's notification structure. -- Peter Eisentraut http://devel

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a

2006-12-28 Thread Dhanaraj M
Tom Lane wrote: Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dhanaraj M wrote: I am sending the patch for the following TODO item: Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option You should use pg_config.h, not mangle postgres_ext.h like that. Or maybe gen

Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option

2006-12-27 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dhanaraj M wrote: >> I am sending the patch for the following TODO item: >> Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option > You should use pg_config.h, not mangle postgres_ext.h like that. Or > maybe generate postgres_ext.h from an