[support] Module names

[Ms. Nancy Wichmann]

There is actually a 64 character limit imposed by the Blocks table, but I was only at 46 characters. So much for my Features naming plan...

 
Nancy 

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> From: Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>
>To: support at drupal.org; Ms. Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich at bellsouth.net> 
>Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [support] Module names
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>On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann
><nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> I haven't found a restriction in the documentation, but it seems that a 46
>> character module name doesn't work in 6.26. Is that right?
>
>Maybe but I thought the limit was 255.  Hmm... maybe the filename
>field of the system table.  The limit of the module name field is
>varchar 255 and the filename field is varchar 255 so the real limit is
>what fits in filename field.
>
>sites/somereallystupidlonghostname.com/modules/somereallystupidlongmodulename/somereallysupidlongmodulename.module
>might not work.
>
>Now it could be that the UI has a limitation beyond the DB.  I didn't
>check the form element.
>
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