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Increasing column lengths

You can increase the text column lengths on the Schema Tools landing page.

Caution: A column's length cannot be decreased after it has been increased.

  1. Click Designer Studio > System > Database > Schema Tools.
  2. Select a column from the database schema display.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Enter the new length. It must be greater than the current length.
  5. Click Submit.