Since this original post from last year, I've seen this problem numerous
time. Most recently today on our main 1.5.5 server. It's quite pesky, so
I'm coming back with a few more questions.
First, here's a recap.
Many of our users paste the content of large, complex test output files
into the
Hi Christian,
I'm guessing the broken review can't be fixed. Though I don't understand
why removing that big text string directly from the database table didn't
work. What would be the closest version to 1.5.5 where the string limit
was increased. The mysql settings I see in 1.5.5 are for the
Thanks Christian,
I'm running 1.5.5 on a Centos 5 box. I attempted replacing the long string
with an empty one in the
reviewboard.changedescs_changedescription
table. In the "fields_changed" dict the bad text was in the "old" entry for
testing_done. I set the "old" entry to [""], but that
Hi Steve,
This data is saved as a JSON string and if you're running an older version
of Review Board and the Description or Testing Done is too large, it's
possible for this string to truncate and cause the error you're seeing.
What version of Review Board are you using? A modern version should h
I found the very long script text in the
reviewboard.changedescs_changedescription
table. In the "fields_changed" dict the script was in the "old" entry
for testing_done. I set the "old" entry to [""], but that didn't fix
the problem.
I copied the dict into a python shell and it parsed fine, so
One of my users created a review and in the 'Testing Done' field she
pasted in the contents of a large, complex shell script that was used
for the testing. When we try to access the main page for the review,
we see this:
Something broke! (Error 500)
It appears something b
One of my users created a review and in the 'Testing Done' field she
pasted in the contents of a large, complex shell script that was used
for the testing. When we try to access the main page for the review,
we see this:
Something broke! (Error 500)
It appears something b
