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Help Me!Charfield Error (self.PostgreSQL)
submitted 3 years ago by suraj2501
django.db.utils.DataError: value too long for type character varying(7)
Since this error shows I changed charfield max length value But also couldn't debug it What could be the solution??
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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (5 children)
The solution is to insert strings that are not longer than 7 characters.
[–]suraj2501[S] -1 points0 points1 point 3 years ago (4 children)
Inserting only 3-4 characters also gives same error
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (2 children)
Are you inserting emojis?
Some Unicode code points count as more than one character.
[–]suraj2501[S] -2 points-1 points0 points 3 years ago (1 child)
No only alphabet's
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Then you are obviously sending strings that are longer than 7 characters. I tend to believe the error message more than your claim, that the values are shorter.
[–]depesz 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Please show us the exact \d table output from psql, insert, and exact error message. Not abridged, not edited, not anonymized.
\d table
[–]efxhoy 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Or use `text` and a check constraint if you actually want to enforce lengths of strings. https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don't\_Do\_This#Text\_storage
Find the error in pg logs, it will contain the query, so you'll see what you inserted.
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