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Re: Trigger names redux - 256 character name

I don't think you can get what you are looking for. Here is an example
with some embedded delimiters.

Use the name this way in SQL: "delimiters""in"" the""name"
The actual name is: delimiters"in"the"name

The actual SQL name (as shown in any of the catalog views) can still never
be longer than 128 characters. But technically names could contain up to
258 characters prior to un-delimiting them.

On 10/14/2016 10:51 AM, Sue Romano wrote:
I can explain this one. All SQL names can be up to 128 long when
delimiters are removed. For any " in a name, the delimited form of
the name must have that character doubled. So you could have a name
with 128 " characters. To use that name in an SQL statement, you
would need to double each of the " and then add delimiters on the
outside - for a total of 258 " characters.

Could you give an example of how a long name would be specified with "
delimiters?

Thanks!

david


Sue Romano
IBM i SQL Development, Dept 45X
253-0284



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