Stuart Johnston wrote:
> Since my problem requires adding the suffix regardless of length,
[...]
> I'm not sure what example you are referring to but my problem is that I
> need the complete, final string to be less than a certain length so I
> can't simply use "_".
Is it not as simple as truncating the string to 18 characters and then
adding the suffix?
[% string.truncate(18).append('_colname_seq') %]
You could turn it into a MACRO if you prefer:
[% USE String;
MACRO truncadd(text, suffix) BLOCK;
length = 30 - suffix.length;
String.new(text).truncate(length).append(suffix);
END;
%]
[% truncadd('verylongtablenameindeed', '_column_seq') %]
=> verylongtablenamein_column_seq
HTH
A
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