Re: Using ENUM with huge NAMEDATALEN

["David Andersen" <david(at)andersen(dot)gs>]

Hi Tom,

Thanks a lot for the tip! I will try this. You probably saved be a few days
of work!

Regards,

David

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David Andersen" <david(at)andersen(dot)gs> writes:
> > One of the side tables is text with length of up to 900 characters. My
> > question is whether I could build PostgreSQL with NAMEDATALEN  (which
> > controls the max size of Enums) equal to 900?
>
> I wouldn't recommend it.  Consider changing pg_enum.enumlabel to type
> TEXT instead.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
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