RE: Lengthy Table and/or column names

Val,  

Replication would add a prefix to the table names. If there are tables which differ in the last few characters, then this prefix would make things go haywire :) I do not see any performance issues though...  

Just a thought!
John Kanagaraj
Oracle Applications DBA
DBSoft Inc
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Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Are there any issues to consider when naming tables and/or columns (length of column name)? I know the max length is 30 but some of the table names that my client wants to add (against my recommendation) look like Cobol and are pushing 30 characters.

Just wanted to know if there are any potential performance issues or anything else I should warn them about.

Thank in advance!
Val

Valerie H. Webber
Management Systems Designers, Inc
Database Administrator
valerie.h.webber_at_irs.gov
704-566-5321

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