[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10377: Comment fields should have max lengths

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#10377: Comment fields should have max lengths
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 Reporter:  muriloazevedo     |       Owner:  rachelbaker
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Comments          |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by chriscct7):

 Replying to [comment:12 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > Instead of a hardcoded value, seems like we should use
 `$wpdb->get_col_length()` to get the actual value, in case someone
 modified the DB schema for a particular install.
 >
 > See [source:tags/4.3/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php#L1531
 upgrade_430_fix_comments()] for reference.

 I don't know if that's worth the extra db call. Someone could just as
 easily use the filter to modify it if that's the case

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