We should keep some upper limit so that people don't post text endlessly and break the site.
Robert mentioned the possibility to have some sort of "you go too much info in block, please split it into multiple blocks" rather than just having the message that there are too many characters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1742590 Title: Text/Note/Annotation Maxlength rule is unnecessary Status in Mahara: Confirmed Bug description: Mahara: 17.10.1 OS: Ubuntu 16.04 DB: Postgres Browser: FF When inserting a base-64 encoded image into a comment on a form, the user is presented with the following error: 'This field must be 8192 characters long.' This rule validation is not really required because the DB field that it inserting into is a 'Text' type. Which basically means it's almost unlimited. Postgres 7.1+ does have an upper limit at 1 Gb for a Text field. Mahara supports Postgres 9+. I do think it's safe to remove the maxlength rule for the Text, Note and Annoation fields. Please let me know your thoughts. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1742590/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
