Customfield as textarea - limited to 255

rkorinth · Post by **rkorinth** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:58 pm

Hi there,

when I use the textarea as a customfield there is a limitation of 255 characters. Would it be possible to allow more characters?

Since we are planning to use textareas there is a reasonable chance that users will exceed the limit. Currently the software will cut off extra characters without a warning. Another option might be to check as the user types.

Probably not a simple fix. The column in the database would also need to have its datatype changed.

Looking forward to your opinion.

Ralf

Post by **fman** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:31 pm

I've followed mantis model => 255 as limit.
I do not want to transform in unlimited text.
You can do in your install changing DB FIELD TYPE.
I reject this as standard TL solution

regards

rkorinth · Post by **rkorinth** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:07 pm

Yep, fair enough, I can very much understand your point. Pretty much the answer that I expected. We'll work around it.

Thanks a lot for your great work and have a very enjoyable weekend.