I'M CURRENTLY TESTING A REPLICATION PRODUCT ON ORACLE 8I. ONE SYSTEM HAS THE PERSONAL EDITION AND THE OTHER HAS ORACLE 8I ENTERPRISE EDITION.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAP TABLES IN THE REPLICATION SOFTWARE I DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF MY TABLE NAMES AND COLUMN NAMES WERE ABBREVIATED TO 10 CHARACTERS OR LESS .

THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT ORACLE 8I PERSONAL ED WAS PROBABLY 16BIT AND THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

IS THERE SCRIPT OR SOMETHING THAT I CAN RUN THAT WILL ALLOW LONG FILENAMES ON ORACLE 8I PERSONAL EDITION WITHOUT REINSTALLING ORACLE. I WOULD USE ORACLE ENTERPRISE ON THIS SYSTEM BUT IT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IT

"THIS IS JUST A TEST BOX I'M USING".

HELP


TIM