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  2. MDL-72937

Saving a user profile Moodlenet field > 255 characters causes exception

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      To create a 256 character string use the Lorem Ipsum generator at https://www.lipsum.com/

      1. Log in as admin
      2. Navigate to Advanced features in site administration
      3. Ensure Enable MoodleNet integration is ticked and save changes
      4. Edit your profile
      5. Paste your 256 character string into the MoodleNet profile field
      6. Confirm only the first 255 characters are present in the field (if using Lorem Ipsum generator above, then it will be everything without the final period)
      7. Press Update profile
      8. Confirm profile was updated without exceptions
      9. Confirm 255 characters you entered in the MoodleNet profile field are displayed
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      To create a 256 character string use the Lorem Ipsum generator at https://www.lipsum.com/ Log in as admin Navigate to Advanced features in site administration Ensure Enable MoodleNet integration is ticked and save changes Edit your profile Paste your 256 character string into the MoodleNet profile field Confirm only the first 255 characters are present in the field (if using Lorem Ipsum generator above, then it will be everything without the final period) Press Update profile Confirm profile was updated without exceptions Confirm 255 characters you entered in the MoodleNet profile field are displayed

      The Description field in the User Profile (mdl_user.moodlenetprofile) has a limit of 255 chars in the database. Yet in Moodle, it is edited with the Atto editor, leading users to believe it is a large text field.

      Trying to save a user profile with > 255 chars in the Description results in the following exception, as there appears to be no validation on length:

      Error writing to database Debug: Data too long for column 'moodlenetprofile' at row 1

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