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What's the limit on the length of a post?

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Is there a limit on the length of a post (either question, answer, article, etc) on Codidact sites?

The current UI only shows this limit for comments, but not for posts - this is not a feature request to add something similar to posts, I just want to know what the limit is, if there are different limits per post type, if it's configurable per site, etc.

I also couldn't find this information in Help Center.


I've made a test in the dev server, and the limit for both questions and answers is 30000 characters:

test in dev server, limit is 30k chars

Is this limit set only there, or is the same on production sites? (I don't want to test here, to not run the risk to create a nonsense post, just to delete it afterwards).

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As far as I know there's no limit (4 comments)
As far as I know there's no limit
deleted user wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago

Actually, there's no limit in post. You can test anything here. But, it completely depends on database. If post were set to varchar than, post will be limited. But, I think it was set to text

hkotsubo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago

deleted user I've made a test in dev server and the limit is 30000 characters - I've updated the question with this info. Anyway, I'm still waiting for an "official" confirmation whether it's the same on production sites, if it's configurable per site/post type, etc.

deleted user wrote over 3 years ago

hkotsubo‭ It's same everywhere

Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Probably not a configuration setting, or at least I haven't come across it.