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meritaten Member
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Does anyone know where I can adjust the settings so my metadata doesn't get truncated when added to the database? I add all my images via FTP.

Thanks!

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  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Some more info maybe what gets truncated? Which release? Errors in the logs?
  • meritaten Member
    The fields in the sql database: IPTCImageCredit and IPTCSource. I am using the 1.4.4.4 build. I checked the error log and there is nothing.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Please post an example what should be there and how it is truncated.
  • meritaten Member
    Each image may have a different credit (this is a historical image database). For the IPTCImageCredit field, one image has "Andrews University Public Relati", which should read "Andrews University Public Relations". For the IPTCSource, I have one that shows "http://www.centerforadventistres" which should read "http://www.centerforadventistresearch.org/gallery/photographs". I am not really worried about the IPTCSource field, as we probably won't use it in the display (since it's the same for each photograph, I will probably just write the credit notice into the image.php code). But since it was truncating too, I mentioned it.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Most EXIF fields in the database are setup with var(52) or even var(32) so anything with more chars is truncated then. I have to admit I don't know why they are so tight but I am rarely using EXIF data myself.

    My colleague will have an idea. Maybe the char limit is part of the official exif specs then it would make sense.
  • sbillard Member
    The size limits are typically set from the IPTC/EXIF spec. Probably you should open issues on this.
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