[thechat] Data quality heaven...

[Martin Burns]

Apparently, New Zealand has banned giving a child a name longer than 100
characters.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2848272

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the maximum length of the data field in
government systems..?

Cheers
Martin
(who has a similar story about another government but can't mention it for
NDA reasons)

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"Names, once they are in common use, quickly
 become mere sounds, their etymology being
 buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,
 beneath the dust of habit." - Salman Rushdie