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May 29, 2003, 7:46 AM
Danilov
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Hi:

I need to limit the number of chars in Description field to 255 (LinksSQL 2). How can I do it and trancate existing long descriptions to 255 chars only? Thank you for your help.
May 29, 2003, 8:13 AM
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Database > Links > Properties > click Description ... then set the field length to 255.

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May 29, 2003, 9:28 AM
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May 29, 2003, 9:28 AM
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You'll probably have to alter the database field type to be CHAR rather than TEXT, and change the display option from TEXTAREA to TEXT. Also, do the same in include_form.* (or your add/modify templates as well).


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Jun 15, 2003, 8:07 AM
webmaster33
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I don't see why this change would be necessary.

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Jun 16, 2003, 10:44 AM
Alex
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Jun 16, 2003, 10:44 AM
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I don't see why this change would be necessary.

Because character lengths on text fields are not supported in the database. So if you wanted things truncated, you'd need to change it to a char.

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