One of my users has raised an issue:

I cant login to the Dekho answers without requesting a link. The problem is my email address is too long. It looks like they are limiting the email to 30 charactors and mine is 33.

Due to safety filters at work, OpenID is not an option for this user. Is this a limitation at the database end?

My site is running SVN-980, and using SQL Lite.

asked 29 Aug '11, 00:19

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edited 29 Aug '11, 09:23

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(29 Aug '11, 07:53) rickross ♦♦

The max length of the username is 30 characters and the max length of the user email is 75 characters. This limits are exposed by the Django django.contrib.auth application which is used by OSQA, so we cannot extend that limitation.

Consider updating to the latest trunk version of OSQA. A bunch of improvements were made and we also warn users with longer usernames and emails when they external OpenID providers.

Also IMO it's dubious to use SQLite as database backend, especially for production.

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answered 29 Aug '11, 07:41

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Im in the process of upgrading, just struggling with what to do. Do u have any links on reasoning behind not using SQLLite? I heard it was ok unless your site gains high traffic?

(29 Aug '11, 08:25) Simon

The upgrade should be as simple as "svn update".

IMO SQLite is fine for testing and development databases. It's not perfect for big databases. I suppose you want your community to grow without pains. :)

(29 Aug '11, 09:04) Jordan ♦♦

Will look into migrating to MySQL. Will also need to do some research around SVN as a lot of people keep recommending it. Just not too clued up with SSH.

(29 Aug '11, 09:24) Simon
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