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Maxlength specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in an element (like a string, a database field, an html input box, etc.).

Maxlength specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in an element (like a string, a database field, an html input box, etc.).

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What's the best way to limit text length of EditText in Android

What's the best way to limit the text length of an EditText in Android? Is there a way to do this via xml?
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What is the MySQL VARCHAR max size?

I would like to know what the max size is for a MySQL VARCHAR type. I read that the max size is limited by the row size which is about 65k. I tried setting the field to varchar(20000) but it says that that's too large. I could set it to…
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How to programmatically set maxLength in Android TextView?

I would like to programmatically set maxLength property of TextView as I don't want to hard code it in the layout. I can't see any set method related to maxLength. Can anyone guide me how to achieve this?
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Retrieve the maximum length of a VARCHAR column in SQL Server

I want to find the longest VARCHAR in a specific column of a SQL Server table. Here's an example: ID = INT IDENTITY DESC = VARCHAR(5000) ID | Desc ---|----- 1 | a 2 | aaa 3 | aa What's the SQL to return 3? Since the longest value is 3…
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Specifying maxlength for multiline textbox

I'm trying to use asp: I want a way to specify the maxlength property, but apparently there's no way possible for a multiline textbox. I've been trying to use some…
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Limit on file name length in bash

The following questions are meant for bash and linux only: Is there a limit on the number of characters in the absolute path name of a file? Is there a limit on the number of characters for the filename (without extension) only? If so, what…
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Chrome counts characters wrong in textarea with maxlength attribute

Here is an example: $(function() { $('#test').change(function() { $('#length').html($('#test').val().length) }) })