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[Kristina Hoeppner <1742590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We should keep some upper limit so that people don't post text endlessly
and break the site.

Robert mentioned the possibility to have some sort of "you go too much
info in block, please split it into multiple blocks" rather than just
having the message that there are too many characters.

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Title:
  Text/Note/Annotation Maxlength rule is unnecessary

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Mahara: 17.10.1
  OS: Ubuntu 16.04
  DB: Postgres
  Browser: FF

  When inserting a base-64 encoded image into a comment on a form, the
  user is presented with the following error:

  'This field must be 8192 characters long.'

  This rule validation is not really required because the DB field that
  it inserting into is a 'Text' type. Which basically means it's almost
  unlimited.

  Postgres 7.1+ does have an upper limit at 1 Gb for a Text field.
  Mahara supports Postgres 9+.

  I do think it's safe to remove the maxlength rule for the Text, Note
  and Annoation fields.

  Please let me know your thoughts.

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