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    Default Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    Hello everyone!
    In Catalog > Manufacturers, by editing a particural manufacturer, you can set a Manufacturer's url. The character limit for that field is 255.
    Can that be increased?
    If yes, then how?

    Many thanks for reading this!

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    Default Re: Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    you can set a Manufacturer's url. The character limit for that field is 255.
    Who has a url that exceeds 255???

    But that is in the database but not sure that you can increase it
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    Default Re: Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    Quote Originally Posted by kobra View Post
    Who has a url that exceeds 255???

    But that is in the database but not sure that you can increase it
    Hi Cobra, thanks for replying.
    I'm not using the field for the url, but rather for inputing text.

    Yes, I'm talking about the database entry for manufacturer's url, I want to increase that from 255 characters to let's say 1000 and I don't know how.

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    Default Re: Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    I believe that the code makes this a clickable link
    So using it for text might not be a prudent move
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    Default Re: Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    Quote Originally Posted by kobra View Post
    I believe that the code makes this a clickable link
    So using it for text might not be a prudent move
    Indeed you are correct, but I have taken precaution to remove the hyperlink.
    So now the question remains: how do I increase the 255 character limit for the database?

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    Default Re: Increase Manufacturer URL Character Count

    Use something like phpmyadmin browse that table and that record

    manufacturers_info > manufacturers_url
    You will need to change the class of the manufacturers_url entry from varchar(255) to text

    Or if using mysql 5.x can increase the carchar
    Prior to MySQL 5, the max VARCHAR was 255. Now VARCHAR can get up around 65k
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