Chars Limit For Comments?

[mentally]

hello, i've search the forum but cant seem to find anything on it..

is there a way to limit the chars in a comment?

people post LONG comments with pure emotions which freezes up the whole site. nothing can load until i manually go and delete the comment.

thanks

[V@no]

try use javascript in comment_form.html template.

for example: insert into <textarea> tag (not between <textarea> and </textarea> !) this:

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onkeyup="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"; onkeydown="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"; onkeypress="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"; onblur="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"; onfocus="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"; onchange="textrem(this,this.form.rem);"Then, after </textarea> insert:

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<br /><input type="text" name="rem" class="commentinput" style="width:30px"; maxlength="3" size="3" value="255" onblur="textrem(this.form.comment_text,this);" readonly /> characters remaining
<script language="javascript">
  var maxlimit = 255
  function textrem( field, rem ) {
    if ( field.value.length > maxlimit )
    {
      field.value = field.value.substring( 0, maxlimit );
      return false;
    }
    else
    {
      rem.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
    }
  }
</script>

[live@ct]

a function that cut the # of chars in the latest new comments : : :

[mentally]

thanks a lot

that worked!! lol 

[soyola]

Ok what about custom user fields.  How can I limit the characters that users can enter ? For example I have About Me, and Interest fields that I want limit characters

[V@no]

What is the problem? its all explained above.

[Flo2005]

IŽve got a question about this...

Some users write a very long username... e.g. Flo  so my table will explode



Now when I set a limit of characters e.g. in field user_name what will happened when a reigistered with a long user name write a comment.

Will it be a problem or is it possible to set this limit... well IŽll try it...