diff --git a/reference/mssql/reference.xml b/reference/mssql/reference.xml index 72f65003cd..8ef43a3273 100644 --- a/reference/mssql/reference.xml +++ b/reference/mssql/reference.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Microsoft SQL Server functions MS SQL Server @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ are available at the FreeTDS home page: &url.freetds; + + + In Windows, the DBLIB from Microsoft is used. Functions that return a + column name are based on the dbcolname() function + in DBLIB. DBLIB was developed for SQL Server 6.x where the max + identifier length is 30. For this reason, the maximum column length + is 30 characters. On platforms where FreeTDS is used (Linux), this is + not a problem. + + &reference.mssql.configure;