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#1 2009-04-27 03:59:28

wchung

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Registered: 2009-04-23

Posts: 29

Increasing size of custom fields and input forms

I am using one of the custom fields as for captions but it keeps getting cut off after about 500 characters.

Is there a way to increase the maximum size?

Also, is there a way to change the size of the input boxes for the custom fields?

Thanks!

#2 2009-04-27 06:08:10

Gocom

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Re: Increasing size of custom fields and input forms

wchung wrote:

getting cut off after about 500 characters

It should be 255 chars, as the db field is varchars with the default of 255, that is also the maximum of older MySQL installs for varchar type.

wchung wrote:

Is there a way to increase the maximum size?

By changing the limit to the database table called textpattern. There you find fields named custom_#, and by changing types of those, you can increase the limit.

For example, you could change those fields from varchar to mediumtext and remove the lenght of 255.

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#3 2009-04-27 20:21:20

wchung

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Registered: 2009-04-23

Posts: 29

Re: Increasing size of custom fields and input forms

Thanks, Gocom!

Do you know how I can change the size of the input form boxes so I can see what I am entering?