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    Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:27am

Is there a way to increase the username character limitQuestion
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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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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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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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