Any objection to make this 200? Massimo
On Apr 19, 6:22 pm, Rowdy <[email protected]> wrote: > mdipierro wrote: > > I was not aware of this limit. > > > In gluon/sql.py you should replace: > > newfilename = newfilename[:500] + '.' + extension > > > with something like > > > newfilename = newfilename[:120] + '.' + extension > > > perhaps this should be the default? > > > Massimo > > That is exactly what I was looking for, and worked perfectly :-) > > Thank you again for the quick response. > > It would be great if this could be a permanent change. > > According to this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems > > FAT32 - max. 255 chars for filenames > NTFS - 226 chars > UFS1/2 - 255 chars > ext2/3/4 - 255 chars > XFS - 255 chars > ZFS - 255 chars > > AFAIK those are the most common, so someone else is likely to run into > the limit at some point. > > Thanx > > Rowdy > > -- > Subscription settings:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/subscribe?hl=en
