glGenTextures - is there a limit to the number of textures?

Question

Is there a limit to the number of textures that can be created in OpenGL - that is, with glGenTextures?

I know that there are some limits imposed by GL, eg. the number o

Answer 1

There is no limit on the number of texture names you can generate. There is a limit on texture memory however, so an implementation can still fail a glGenTextures call due to memory limitations.

So don't create a bunch of texture names and then not use them. Create what you need.