{"record":{"id":"42da1f3b29e38ab5","repo":"dbt-labs/dbt-core","slug":"relation-name-ident-is-longer-than-max-len-c","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Relation name '{ident}' is longer than {max_len} characters","messagePattern":"Relation name '(.+?)' is longer than (.+?) characters","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/dbt-adapter/src/relation/relation_impl.rs","lineNumber":427,"sourceCode":"    }\n\n    pub fn with_external(mut self, external: impl Into<String>) -> Self {\n        self.external = Some(external.into());\n        self\n    }\n\n    pub fn validate(self) -> Result<Self, minijinja::Error> {\n        if let (Some(ident), Some(_relation_type), Some(max_len)) = (\n            &self.path.identifier,\n            &self.relation_type,\n            max_identifier_length(self.adapter_type),\n        ) {\n            if ident.len() > max_len.into() {\n                let message = format!(\n                    \"Relation name '{}' is longer than {} characters\",\n                    ident, max_len\n                );\n                return Err(minijinja::Error::new(\n                    minijinja::ErrorKind::InvalidOperation,\n                    message,\n                ));\n            }\n        }\n\n        Ok(self)\n    }\n\n    /// Create a relation that stubs some stuff to be used during `dbt parse`\n    pub(crate) fn new_parse_time(adapter_type: AdapterType) -> Self {\n        let path = RelationPath {\n            database: Some(\"\".to_string()),\n            schema: Some(\"\".to_string()),\n            identifier: Some(\"\".to_string()),\n        };\n        Self {\n            is_parse_time: true,","sourceCodeStart":409,"sourceCodeEnd":445,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/0267ce9170576975b76b64ce856b2e5848e96617/crates/dbt-adapter/src/relation/relation_impl.rs#L409-L445","documentation":"Relation::validate found that the relation identifier exceeds the adapter's maximum identifier length (from max_identifier_length for the active AdapterType), meaning the warehouse would reject or silently truncate the name. The message reports the identifier, its length, and the limit.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/dbt-adapter/src/relation/relation_impl.rs:427 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Shorten the model name or configure an alias within the limit","Raise the adapter's max identifier length config if the warehouse tolerates longer names","Apply consistent, deterministic truncation before validation"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0267ce9170576975b76b64ce856b2e5848e96617","analyzedAt":"2026-09-07T21:53:39.732Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-07T21:53:39.732Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-17T15:17:12.973Z"}