[5.3] alter assets TABLE COLUMNS name, title

[alikon]

Pull Request for Issue #42671 .

Summary of Changes

ALTER "name" and "title" columns to varchar(255) for #__assets table
ALTER "name" and "title" columns to varchar(255) for #__assets table
ALTER "extension" to varchar(100) for #__categories table
ALTER "extension" to varchar(255) for #__workflows and #__workflow_associations tables

Testing Instructions

code review
and or install this demo extensions
https://test5.richard-fath.de/com_testextensionwithlongname_100.zip
thanks to @richard67

[richard67]

I don’t think code review is sufficient for testing. I think it needs a real test with creating a category for an extension with a long extension name. This test will then show that there will be other errors happening besides the one mentioned in the issue when using such long category titles.

[nileshmittha]

I have reviewed the code, and it seems fine. However, code review alone isn't enough for testing. We need a real test by creating a category with a long extension name to identify any additional issues beyond the one mentioned

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[alikon]

yes if someone can share such extension ....

[nileshmittha]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 30f5be7

Though I mentioned as "code review alone isn't enough for testing", I checked by applying this patch and unfortunately it is not working.

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[Tejashrimajage]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 30f5be7

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[alikon]

how do you apply the patch ?

[alikon]

i'll not invest much more time on this