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maximum field lengths - El Forum - 02-03-2008 [eluser]Unknown[/eluser] I wish to grab the maximum _allowable_ field length for a mysql field. NOT the value returned by field meta data which only returns the length of the values in the field. The value would normally be returned by msyql_field_len that provides the maximum allowable length as described by the database schema. the value returned by field meta data with CI is just a string length of the longest value in that column. Is this possible with CI? Kind regards Kevin maximum field lengths - El Forum - 02-03-2008 [eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser] Hmm, I've never used it, but even the docs say it returns the length of the specified field. Code: $this->db->select('username'); |