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    Changing length of fields

    Technical Questions
    #1

    It seems that the Collection Protocol Name field is too small for some of our Collection Protocols. Are these variables modifiable on the back end? I have not looked into changing any of the MySQL tables as a solution.

    Thanks.

    #2

    There is collection protocol “short title” and “long title” fields. Which one are you talking about?

    Also what is the length of the title?

    Typically short title is about 50 chars long and long title is about 255 chars long. You could try altering the table to fit more characters.

    Note that the short title is displayed in many places and you would want something short so that its visible properly.

    ~Sri

    #3

    I am talking about the “long title” field. In this case, we have one that is 256 chars long. It’s good to know that the current default maximum is 255. As far as altering the table is concerned, would that potentially break anything else in the system by increasing the size of the “long title”?

    #4

    It should not. Note that long title is pretty much not used anywhere. There is no real value adding it in OS.

    ~Sri

    #5

    Thanks for the confirmation.