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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dear all,</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">we have cases where users want to enter very long lists of names in the creators or creators/editors field in Avanced Search, using an "any" search.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">However, the query is limited or cut at 256 characters, caused by the maxlength="256" attribute of the input element.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I have deactivated this limit on our development system in perl_lib/EPrints/Metafield.pm in method "render_search_input" by commenting line 2201, being aware that this affects all text input fields.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">We have tested various query variants and not seen any problem so far.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Before we go live with this change: Is there any reason why this limit was introduced originally? Any good technical objections to not deactivate it?</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Best regards,</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Martin</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dr. Martin Brändle</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Zentrale Informatik</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Universität Zürich</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Winterthurerstr. 190</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">CH-8057 Zürich</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">mail: martin.braendle@id.uzh.ch</font><br>
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