Maximum length of User ID

[山田]

Hi guys,
I'm trying to store UserID, UserName, StatusID, TextComment, etc to
DB.
I found the max length that UserName was 15 chars, and StatusID was 20
figures, and TextComment was 140 char of course.
But not sure about UserID.
Does anyone have idea?

Thank you.
Yama

[Arnaud Meunier]

Hey Yama,

- screen_name: I would go for 20 Chars, as it has been the limit for some time, before we switched to 15 Chars. Some accounts might still have a screen_name > 15 Chars.

- User ID: I would take the safest option and treat them as Status ID (20 Chars or 64 bits INT). So if we decided in the future to generate User IDs with SnowFlake, you'd be prepared.

Hope that helps!

Arnaud / @rno

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[yama]

Arnaud ,

That was really helpful.
I will have 20 char for screen_name and UserID too.

Thanks,
Yama

On 5月12日, 午前1:01, Arnaud Meunier <arn...@twitter.com> wrote:
> Hey Yama,
>
> - screen_name: I would go for 20 Chars, as it has been the limit for some
> time, before we switched to 15 Chars. Some accounts might still have a
> screen_name > 15 Chars.
> - User ID: I would take the safest option and treat them as Status ID (20
> Chars or 64 bits INT). So if we decided in the future to generate User IDs
> with SnowFlake, you'd be prepared.
>
> Hope that helps!

> Arnaud / @rno <http://twitter.com/rno>