[development] 'name' column length in variables

[Larry Garfield]

On Sunday 19 March 2006 04:28, Bèr Kessels wrote:

> There aer loads of ways around this: use shorter node types in my (cck)
> configuration,. Use shorter names that prepend the $type etcetc.
> But I am sure that a patch will not fix this. I mean, we can make the
> 'name' column longer, but there is a limit, we will hit at some time again.
> Making a field longer is IMO only patching the error, not the cause of the
> error.
>
> Any good ideas for this? Should we start on a unique_name($string, $length)
> function? A function that will create unique names?
>
> Bèr

Well, for variables, since most are tied to one module or another why not just 
give them a module namespace?  variable_get('usernodes', 'myvar', $default);  
That does a better job of avoiding name collision than we have now and keeps 
each column shorter.  

I'm pretty sure someone had a DEP at one point to rewrite the variable system 
that touched on this.  Whoever it is, I apologize for forgetting your 
name. :-)

-- 
Larry Garfield			AIM: LOLG42
larry at garfieldtech.com		ICQ: 6817012

"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of 
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, 
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to 
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession 
of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it."  -- Thomas 
Jefferson