Wow  thanks for the quick reply! I did try the length=499, but I still get 
the validator error. Do I need to restart web2py?

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 3:00:49 AM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote:
>
> Field('whatever')
>
> means really
>
> Field('whatever', 'string', length=255)
>
> it gets a default "requires" that resembles IS_LENGTH(maxsize=255)
>
> if you need more of that, use length=morethan255
>
> On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8:54:40 AM UTC+2, Austin Taylor wrote:
>>
>> I'm creating a grid using grid=SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.mydatabase, 
>> user_signature=True)
>>
>> when I try to update one of the fields using the edit button I get enter 
>> from 0 to 255 characters. The field already has over 255 characters in it 
>> because its in the database, but I cannot add extra characters to the 
>> field. 
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. I looked all over for the error "enter from 0 to 
>> 255 characters"
>>
>>
>>

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