Username character limit
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Topic: Username character limit
Posted By: iSec
Subject: Username character limit
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:27am
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Is there a way to increase the username character limit ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:48am
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You can but it's not simple, have a look in the mods forum to see if anyone else has already done this.
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Posted By: hotvb
Date Posted: 17 July 2006 at 1:45am
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I had same question, and there is no solution in mods forum.
In the register.asp only found
'If this is a new reg clean up the username
If strMode = "new" Then 'Check there is a username
If Len(strUsername) < 4 Then blnUsernameOK = False 'Make sure the user has not entered disallowed usernames
If InStr(1, strUsername, "admin", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False If InStr(1, strUsername, "password", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False If InStr(1, strUsername, "salt", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False If InStr(1, strUsername, "author", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False If InStr(1, strUsername, "code", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False If InStr(1, strUsername, "username", vbTextCompare) Then blnUsernameOK = False 'Clean up user input
strUsername = formatSQLInput(strUsername) End If does anyone can help? many thanks!
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Posted By: SMR Group
Date Posted: 19 July 2006 at 3:46am
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I've done this. The MySQL database doesn't need to be changed, but you have to update a bunch of files. Everywhere you see a username field (log-in, private messaging, search boxes) change the maxlength of the field to what you require, then look in the code for the trim function. It'll currently be set to 15, that has to match the maxlength of the box.
Bear in mind that you shouldn't really allow a long input (I find 20 characters enough) for obvious reasons.
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