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Name Limits

Table B–3 lists the maximum number of characters you can use in names (unless otherwise specified).

Table B–3: Name Limits 
Name Type
Operating System
Limit
External procedure
UNIX
1 to 58 characters, plus a 2 character extension.
Windows
1 to 255 characters, plus a 2 character extension.
Pathnames
All
1 to 255 characters.
Table
Field
Field-level widget
Index
Variable
Run-time procedure parameter
All
1 to 32 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % &
Names must begin with a letter.
Internal procedure
Block label
Query
Frame widget
Browse widget
Menu widget
Submenu widget
Menu item widget
All
No set limit; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % &
Names must begin with a letter.
Stream
All
1 to 12 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % &
Names must begin with a letter.
Tables in the convmap file:

Attribute table
Collation table
Conversion table
Case table
All
1 to 20 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and the hyphen character (-).
Names must begin with a letter.


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