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Subject: Re: [regrep] length of fields is too short


Dear Max,

It is never too late to increase max lengths. That can be done in any release and
it will be backward compatible.
And no max length will please everyone even if it is 256.

We will take your input into our issues log for a subsequent release.

--
Regards,
Farrukh



Max Voskob wrote:

> Dear TC,
>
> From the first day I had a question about the length of fileds in RIM. Are we
> short in HDD space? Do we care much about the size of a SOAP package? We
> still do in our days, but not the extent when every byte counts.
>
> I personally had to increase size of rim:ExternalIdentifier/@value from 64 to
> 256.
>
> If you thought about the poor fellow developer and RAD you might set all
> character fields to type Variable Unicode Character with max length =256 or
> more. ALL OF THEM! In this case, me,a mere developer, didn't need to check
> the length of every character field when I write the code. I'd know that they
> are all of the same length. It reduces development effort significantly.
> It's all about SIMPLIFICATION.
>
> Please, KEEP IT SIMPLE! But it's too late, I guess.
>
> Anyway, 64 characters is not enough for rim:ExternalIdentifier/@value.
> Please, INCREASE THE LENGTH TO 256 AT LEAST.
>
> Cheers,
> Max
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