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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-41715

Increase the length of Institution and Department fields in user table

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: 2.6
    • Fix Version/s: 2.6
    • Component/s: Database SQL/XMLDB
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      Add and edit users with the fields "Department", "Institution" and "Address" over 200 chars (new limit is 255). Make sure the fields are updated.

      1. Add/edit user using the usual form
      2. Add/edit user(s) using the "Upload users" tool (both in xml and form)
      3. Add/edit user using webservices
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      Add and edit users with the fields "Department", "Institution" and "Address" over 200 chars (new limit is 255). Make sure the fields are updated. Add/edit user using the usual form Add/edit user(s) using the "Upload users" tool (both in xml and form) Add/edit user using webservices
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • Pull from Repository:
    • Pull Master Branch:
      wip-MDL-41715-master
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      Description

      The length of institution field in user table is 40,
      the length of department field is 30.

      This could be not enough for many institutions and their departments.

      Please, change the length of this fields to a large value, 100 or more.

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          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-43845 Increase character limit for default user profile fields: Institution, Department, Address

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
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              Assignee:
              marina Marina Glancy
              Reporter:
              vanyog Vanyo Georgiav
              Peer reviewer:
              Jason Fowler
              Integrator:
              Sam Hemelryk
              Tester:
              David Monllaó
              Participants:
              Component watchers:
              Andrew Nicols, Dongsheng Cai, Huong Nguyen, Jun Pataleta, Michael Hawkins, Shamim Rezaie, Simey Lameze
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                Updated:
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                Fix Release Date:
                18/Nov/13