ExpressionEngine textarea increase limit
expressionengine, mysql
Solution
Just tested this and the way around this issue is to alter the structure of the `exp_chanel_data` table itself.
Using PHPMyAdmin, Sequel Pro, or similar, alter the structure of `exp_channel_data` by changing the data type from `TEXT` to `MEDIUMTEXT` on the field that corresponds to your custom field. The field name will be something like `field_id_x` where X corresponds to the id of the custom field field you are working with.
Problem
Scenario: - Client adds newsletters to his website - `textarea` field cuts off the pasted source code at a particular character count. - Looking at increasing the character count limit for the `textarea` so that the entire newsletter source code can be pasted. - Using ExpressionEngine 2.5.2 Any thoughts on how to increase the MySQL character limitations? I looked through the `channel_fields` and tried increasing the row count from 172 to 9999 and the `field_settings row` to `longtext`, but this had no effect.