Everybody is lucky sometimes :) Thank you!
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 9:12 AM Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > SQLite doesn't make a distinction between string and text nor have a > length limit, so yes, you're just "lucky" at the moment. If you plan to > migrate to something like Postgres, either explicitly set a higher limit or > just use a text field. > > Anthony > > On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 5:30:05 AM UTC-4, Vlad wrote: >> >> I've used a string field to keep certain info, and it works just fine, >> but I've just noticed that the strings I ended up saving in this field were >> around 1,000 characters long, sometimes even closer to 2,000. >> According to the docs, the default limit for a string field is 512. The >> limit doesn't seem to be a problem now, so I am wondering what's the nature >> of the limit. Is it safe to use longer strings because DAL handles them >> somehow? Or I'm just lucky at the moment, and should increase the size or >> switch to a text field? (I am still developing, so using sqlite for the >> time being) >> > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/D7E75GRRGlA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/adc52c5a-c85d-44da-8b18-fb67f12c7f42%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/adc52c5a-c85d-44da-8b18-fb67f12c7f42%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CABZ%2BKCCXoXB-fD-L5brd%3DFxXxOvhFK4%3DfMkZXoAUGK9oQXmG7A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
