603799 - Gracefully handle filenames that are too long

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 596116

(support.mozilla.org :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Django uses VARCHAR(100) to store file names in MySQL. It's conceivable that users would upload files with long enough names to overflow this limit, especially since Django stores the relative path too.

Did some quick researching and it looks like there's a Django ticket [#9893].

Meanwhile, there is also a quick and acceptable solution:
http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9893#comment:8

i.e. use FileField(max_length=SOMETHING_BIGGER).

Comment 1

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Handling this in bug 596116, along with some other minor fixes there as well.