How could I alter the product name attribute so it’s text instead of varchar? Is there a way of doing this through Magento?
I’m currently migrating an old database and the product names are much longer than varchar can fit.
Thanks!
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How could I alter the product name attribute so it’s text instead of varchar? Is there a way of doing this through Magento?
I’m currently migrating an old database and the product names are much longer than varchar can fit.
Thanks!
I’m not a Magento expert yet, but out of a common knowledge of E-Commerce systems, I’m not sure this is a good idea. The product name is being used in numerous places around the system (e.g. in reports; in confirmation E-Mails ….) that would all have to be checked for limitations and breaking layouts.
Would it not be conceivable to either
Put the long name into a description field that already is of the type
TEXT, and put a cut-off version into the name fieldPut the long name into a description field, and alter any needed layouts so that description field is shown in place of the product name?