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Re: [OT] Database row width and cargo cult programming

by sundialsvc4 (Abbot)
on Apr 06, 2011 at 17:19 UTC ( [id://897836]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to [OT] Database row width and cargo cult programming

Limits such as “255” were hard-and-fast limits for many decades.   They might be somewhat habitual now.   Systems like SQLite, which actually ignore string-length limits even if you specify them (AFAIK...) are extremely new.

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