hv...@users.sourceforge.net [firebird-support] wrote: > Quick look at sources show that
> 1. isc_event_block\gds__event_block and > isc_event_counts\gds__event_counts make assumption that > event name length is 1-byte wide, i.e. it encode\decode > event into\from event blocks using 1-byte length for names. > This give us up to 255 bytes for name string. > 2. gds__event_block_a\isc_event_block_a assume that event > names is no more than 31. I.e. if application uses these > API, it will be limited by 31 bytes names. Comments shows > that XXX_a API's is used by ADA preprocessor. > 3. Event manager uses 2-byte for name length. > 4. Engine make no guess about event name length, at least > i see no such code. > So, i'd say you may use events with names up to 255 bytes > (assume you not using XXX_a API's). But, again, it was a > quick look and i could miss something. > Regards, > Vlad Thanks for that. It ties fairly well with what I could see, but I'm not familiar with all the pieces. I'm pleased it's not still 15. :-) -- Geoff Worboys Telesis Computing Pty Ltd
