[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:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Comments                      |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by ocean90):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests dev-feedback => needs-patch needs-
     unit-tests
 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 [36272] broke comments on w.org because `$wpdb->get_col_length()` is
 returning false and falls back to 255. Looking at
 `upgrade_430_fix_comments()` the fallback should be 65535.

 Not sure yet why it returns false, but the method returns also false in
 case `$wpdb->is_mysql` is false.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10377#comment:30>
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