products name not long enough

we need more than 64 characters for product name.
Can I just change the Length/Valuse from 64 to 80?
table : products_description field : products_name

any side effect that I need to know ???

Thank you
Eric

You can change the data table field size. You could end up with sidebox issues. One thing that worked for us was the following. (German translations of our products can get very long! But we limit to less characters to force shorter names.

.sideBoxContent {

		overflow:hidden;

		width:170px;

	}

What this does is limit the amount of text in the sidebox to 170px. Anything more (characters) beyond the specified width doesn't display. Works with Firefox and IE6/7 browsers.

Ironically, there is a post from another member discuss the same issue a little. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59180

[QUOTE=lib99;335227]You can change the data table field size. You could end up with sidebox issues. One thing that worked for us was the following. (German translations of our products can get very long! But we limit to less characters to force shorter names.

Thank you so much.
Eric

I changed the field size to 95, everything just fine.
side box and tell a friend both work well.

Maybe the problem is fixed in V1.3.7 ??

Be sure that you also changed the products_name in all related tables ...

Ajeh:

Be sure that you also changed the products_name in all related tables ...

Sorry, i don't get it. Would you give me more information?

Thanks

ericpeng:

Sorry, i don't get it. Would you give me more information?

Thanks

Ok, I search over and I found products_name in the following 3 tables

products_description, customers_wishlist, orders_products

should I change all of them to the same size ?

Thanks

Yes or they would get cut off when they are added to the tables ... :smile:

Ajeh:

Yes or they would get cut off when they are added to the tables ... :smile:

got it. Thanks