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

[Richard Baird <rbbaird@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe you can name a file with more than 10 chars if you create it
using SQL Create command, but as you said, you can't describe it in
RPG, or manipulate it with most native as/400 commands, which is a
major drawback.  

I think that long file names can be a good thing, until about the 10th
time in an hour you've had to type it :)

In a point-and-click environment, this isn't a problem, but
programming for Budget_Vs_Actual_Digital_Clock_Purchases_Year_to_date
gets to be a pain after a while.

Rick

Ravi wrote:
> 
> Howdy folks,
> 
> I was in an all too familiar situation of defending the AS/400 to my
> colleagues who work on Oracle. One of them raised a question which
> stumped me.
> 
> 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??
> 
> Thanks in advance....
> 
> Ravi
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