error in forums when trying to Modify a post

[madscijr]

If I try to modify a post on the forums, when I click save, I get

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Database Error
Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator.
BackThe message doesn't include a link or instructions for how to report the error to an administrator,
and I tried looking around to find such a link or instructions, but no luck,
so I am just posting here that I'm getting the error
(it happens both from my desktop PC and smartphone).
Hope this helps?

[odin]

Turns out the table that holds the edit histories had a smaller field for the message body than the main "live" table did, so you couldn't edit big messages. This should be fixed now.

[madscijr]

Turns out the table that holds the edit histories had a smaller field for the message body than the main "live" table did, so you couldn't edit big messages. This should be fixed now.

Awesome - thanks for looking into this!

Would that also have affected how big a message you can post?

[luke]

No, it wouldn't have effected the size of new posts. Posts are only written to the history table when you make an edit. For a fresh post, it only exists in the live table which was already set to the larger limit.

You'll note that forum itself counts your characters. The database should be able to handle any post within that limit.

[madscijr]

You'll note that forum itself counts your characters. The database should be able to handle any post within that limit.

Thanks. I'll keep an eye on the character count and see where it's at if I have a problem posting again.