It's for mysql. Its stored as VARCHAR in the data base and up to 500 chars
but fixing it to text in my db.py model fixed it. I'm guessing there is a
built in validator for strings
On Apr 11, 2014 4:00 PM, "Derek" <sp1d...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is this mssql or mysql or postgres? i think mysql has a limit of 255 for
> string data. it would silently change any lengths longer to 255...
>
> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:52:13 AM UTC-7, LoveWeb2py wrote:
>>
>> Are there any other suggestions? I've tried everything and I really need
>> help with this.
>>
>> When the table is set to Migrate=True the sql log shows VARCHAR(255) even
>> though my actual SQLDatabase shows 499 length and my length on the db model
>> is set to length=500
>>
>> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:05:29 AM UTC-4, 黄祥 wrote:
>>>
>>> please try to start from simple, create your new web2py application and
>>> then put your define table there, after that check your sql.log or test it
>>> from appadmin.
>>> e.g.
>>> *models/db.py*
>>> db.define_table('newtable',
>>> Field('Name','string'),
>>> Field('Comments', string', length=499) )
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>> stifan
>>>
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