Re: Why are object names limited to 10 chars long?

>
>In Oracle the table names can be quite descriptive. Why is the file name
>or any object name for that matter limited to 10 chars on the 400? When
>Windows went to 32 bit, longer file names were allowed. Has the 10 char
>restriction been carried over from the old days because of RPG
>restrictions? Can someone shed some light on this??
>
Easy answer--they aren't limited to 10 characters!  Why the CL commands and
displays only show 10 characters of the name is another (and still good)
questions, but if you go into SQL and use the CREATE TABLE command, you
can create a file name with _much_ more than 10 characters.  Looking at
that file through OS/400 displays will truncate the file name in much the
same way as looking at a Win 95 long file name in DOS.

Erik Knudson
Symatrix Technology
Portland, OR

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