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Identifier name 'long_table_names_blah_id' is too long #75

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@jorenvanhee

Getting this error:
[PDOException] SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1059 Identifier name 'snow_lesson_category_snow_mo nitor_snow_lesson_category_id_foreign' is too long

With this migration (or with any migration with long table names):
php artisan make:migration:pivot snow_monitors snow_lesson_categories

Can be solved by providing your own shorter key name.

$table->foreign('snow_lesson_category_id', 'snow_lesson_category_foreign')->references('id')->on('snow_lesson_categories')->onDelete('cascade');

This also happened with my primary key.

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