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Sasha 5fce501589 fix(db-postgres): dbName in arrays regression with long generated drizzle relation names (#12237)
Fixes https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/12136 which caused by
regression from https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/11995

The previous PR solved an issue where the generated drizzle relation
name was too long because of Payload field names, for example
```
{
  name: 'thisIsALongFieldNameThatWillCauseAPostgresErrorEvenThoughWeSetAShorterDBName',
  dbName: 'shortname',
  type: 'array',
  fields: [
    {
      name: 'nested_field_1',
      type: 'array',
      dbName: 'short_nested_1',
      fields: [],
    },
    {
      name: 'nested_field_2',
      type: 'text',
    },
  ],
},
```
But it caused regression, when custom `dbName` vice versa caused long
relation names:
```
export const Header: GlobalConfig = {
  slug: 'header',
  fields: [
    {
      name: 'itemsLvl1',
      type: 'array',
      dbName: 'header_items_lvl1',
      fields: [
        {
          name: 'label',
          type: 'text',
        },
        {
          name: 'itemsLvl2',
          type: 'array',
          dbName: 'header_items_lvl2',
          fields: [
            {
              name: 'label',
              type: 'text',
            },
            {
              name: 'itemsLvl3',
              type: 'array',
              dbName: 'header_items_lvl3',
              fields: [
                {
                  name: 'label',
                  type: 'text',
                },
                {
                  name: 'itemsLvl4',
                  type: 'array',
                  dbName: 'header_items_lvl4',
                  fields: [
                    {
                      name: 'label',
                      type: 'text',
                    },
                  ],
                },
              ],
            },
          ],
        },
      ],
    },
  ],
}
```

Notice if you calculate the generated relation name for `itemsLvl4` you
get:

`header__header_items_lvl1__header_items_lvl2__header_items_lvl3_header_items_lvl4`
- 81 characters, Drizzle, for joining shrink the alias to 63 characters
-`header__header_items_lvl1__header_items_lvl2__header_items_lvl3` and
Postgres throws:
```
error: table name "header__header_items_lvl1__header_items_lvl2__header_items_lvl3" specified more than once
```
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