Commit ab75fd47 authored by Ian Kelly's avatar Ian Kelly
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[1.1.X] Fixed #4140: Documented the ORA-06552 error that can occur when a... 

[1.1.X] Fixed #4140: Documented the ORA-06552 error that can occur when a keyword is used as a field name in the Oracle notes.  Backport of r12346 from trunk.

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docs/ref/databases.txt

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@@ -593,6 +593,14 @@ Oracle imposes a name length limit of 30 characters. To accommodate this, the 
backend truncates database identifiers to fit, replacing the final four

characters of the truncated name with a repeatable MD5 hash value.



When running syncdb, an ``ORA-06552`` error may be encountered if

certain Oracle keywords are used as the name of a model field or the

value of a ``db_column`` option.  Django quotes all identifiers used

in queries to prevent most such problems, but this error can still

occur when an Oracle datatype is used as a column name.  In

particular, take care to avoid using the names ``date``,

``timestamp``, ``number`` or ``float`` as a field name.



NULL and empty strings

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