Episerver categories max length (string)

Patrik Nordin

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Hello guys,

anyone knows why the max string length of the Episerver categories is 50 characters, and if it's possible to raise that length?

https://i.imgur.com/iB4kF5P.png

Regards,

Patrik

#188985

Mar 08, 2018 10:23

Mattias Olsson

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I would say the reason is because it was not designed to hold URLs from the beginning, just a short identifier to be able to use from code instead of the primary key integer. My only idea to raise it is to edit the nvarchar length in tblCategory in the database, but you also have to create your own copy of the UI and remove the trimming of the length in the backend.

#188988

Mar 08, 2018 10:55

Mattias Olsson

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You can also check this out if it's an option for you to replace the built-in category functionality:

https://github.com/geta/epicategories

#188989

Edited, Mar 08, 2018 10:57

Patrik Nordin

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That's probably true! Although it wouldn't have costed anything NOT to trim the fields to 50 chars.

#188994

Mar 08, 2018 12:28

Patrik Nordin

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Thanks Mattias, I'll check it out.

Regards, Patrik

#188995

Mar 08, 2018 12:29