[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39507: Increase the length of comment_type field in wp_comments table

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#39507: Increase the length of comment_type field in wp_comments table
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 Reporter:  slaFFik      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments     |     Version:  1.5
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Worth noting that `comment_type` and `post_type` are both `VARCHAR(20)`
 while `taxonomy` is `VARCHAR(32)`.

 I'm not sure I see benefit in these fields being longer, they're designed
 as a short unique grouping of objects.

 @slaFFik I'd be interested in hearing more about what you're storing in
 the field - it kind of sounds like it's metadata that really should just
 be stored as comment meta, I don't think the extra SQL query should be a
 blocker for that - if performance is an issue I'd be looking at using an
 object cache to improve it instead.

 Related: #37104 for increasing the `post_type` length.

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