table name length restriction

[Thomas Finneid <tfinneid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I (well, a colleague of mine) have a problem where table names are 
longer than the 70 char limit. The names must be human readable, i.e. no 
synthetic name mapping etc. The table creation and the created name are 
executed automatically, so an algorithm to create a fancy short name is 
just more pain than its worth.

First question is, what is the rationale behind having a limit on the 
table name?

Secondly Any ideas on how to solve this problem? Is the name length 
limit configurable?

regards

thomas