On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Emrul <em...@emrul.com> wrote: > Tom, thank you for that pointer. I get now that it is not free and therefore > why its not something that should be changed by default. > > I guess the problem is 'build your own copy' (i.e. compiling from source) is > something that sends most DB teams running into the hills. > > A solution might be to make NAMEDATALEN configurable without having to > recompile source (perhaps a config variable or an initdb parameter). When I > have some free time I will investigate whether this is doable.
Well, it wouldn't be free. The problem is: typedef struct nameData { char data[NAMEDATALEN]; } NameData; If it were not a compile-time constant, every bit of code that uses NameData (or otherwise depends on NAMEDATALEN being constant) would have to be changed. That would be invasive and likely have at least a minor performance cost. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers