[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46010: Auto-generated term slugs can be greater than 200 characters, giving "Could not insert term into the database." error

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#46010: Auto-generated term slugs can be greater than 200 characters, giving "Could
not insert term into the database." error
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 Reporter:  mikejolley                     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Taxonomy                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mikejolley):

 > Any suggestion on better slug generation would be nice!

 If it cannot prefix the parent term due to length, could it not just
 append -2, -3 etc. Obviously it's not ideal, but it's better than and
 error message, and the end-user can edit it if needed manually.

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