diff --git a/src/obidmscolumn.c b/src/obidmscolumn.c
index a7aa67e..3a8b689 100644
--- a/src/obidmscolumn.c
+++ b/src/obidmscolumn.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_create_column(OBIDMS_p    dms,
 	index_t						minimum_line_count;
 	OBIType_t  					returned_data_type;
 	OBIType_t  					stored_data_type;
-	char						final_indexer_name[INDEXER_MAX_NAME];
+	char*			    		final_indexer_name;
 
 	new_column = NULL;
 
@@ -569,13 +569,35 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_create_column(OBIDMS_p    dms,
 		obidebug(1, "\nCan't create column because of invalid data type");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+
+	// Get the column directory structure associated to the column
+	column_directory = obi_column_directory(dms, column_name);
+	if (column_directory == NULL)
+	{
+		obi_set_errno(OBICOLDIR_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+		obidebug(1, "\nError opening a column directory structure");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// Get the latest version number
+	version_number = obi_get_new_version_number(column_directory, true);
+	if (version_number < 0)
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// Build the indexer name if needed
 	if (((data_type == OBI_STR) || (data_type == OBI_SEQ)) && (strcmp(indexer_name, "") == 0))
-	{	// TODO make function in obiblob_indexer.c and discuss the fact that it's here
-		strcpy(final_indexer_name, column_name);
-		strcat(final_indexer_name, "_indexer");	// TODO _version_indexer
+	{
+		final_indexer_name = obi_build_indexer_name(column_name, version_number);
+		if (final_indexer_name == NULL)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 	else
+	{
+		final_indexer_name = (char*) malloc((strlen(indexer_name)+1)*sizeof(char));
 		strcpy(final_indexer_name, indexer_name);
+	}
 
 	returned_data_type = data_type;
 	if ((data_type == OBI_STR) || (data_type == OBI_SEQ))
@@ -623,27 +645,11 @@ OBIDMS_column_p obi_create_column(OBIDMS_p    dms,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	// Get the column directory structure associated to the column
-	column_directory = obi_column_directory(dms, column_name);
-	if (column_directory == NULL)
-	{
-		obi_set_errno(OBICOLDIR_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
-		obidebug(1, "\nError opening a column directory structure");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	// Calculate the size needed
 	header_size = obi_get_platform_header_size();
 	data_size = obi_array_sizeof(stored_data_type, nb_lines, nb_elements_per_line);
 	file_size = header_size + data_size;
 
-	// Get the latest version number
-	version_number = obi_get_new_version_number(column_directory, true);
-	if (version_number < 0)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	// Get the column file name
 	column_file_name = build_column_file_name(column_name, version_number);
 	if (column_file_name == NULL)