[Obm] db fields restrictions

[François Bachelier]

Little update,

its not 50 but 64 chars and fields are :

contact_function
contact_service

for the contact part

sorry !




François Bachelier wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>    I am currently trying to import a whole lot of contacts (~7000) 
> directly in the OBM database to create people / society and their 
> relationship all at once. But there are  annoying restrictions on some 
> fields that put me into trouble :
>
>    contact "fonction" in french : "position" in english ? : 50 char max
>    contact "service" in french : "departement" in english ? : idem
>    society name : 50 chars max too.
>
>    we have many contacts that cant fit in such restrictions, a typical 
> example is the position of some administrative  / political guy :
>
>       "Secrétaire général exécutif du Service européen d'action extérieure"
>
>       i have many examples of all nationality people / society  where 
> one of those 3 restrictions  occur.
>
>       I m thinking to hack the postgres db and extend the capacity of 
> those fields but i m unsure of what will happend when i ll update / 
> upgrade OBM if i do that ?
> Or maybe is there any chance that those fields get extended in a near 
> future ?
>
>
> best regards,
>
> François Bachelier
>
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