Title: Truncating input
Last modified: December 18, 2018

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# Truncating input

 *  Resolved [camstockbiotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camstockbiotech/)
 * (@camstockbiotech)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/)
 * The last two fields on our database are sometimes paragraph-length answers. I’ve
   found that the last fields have been truncated in some cases. When I uploaded
   the information, I had those fields marked as Text-line, when it probably should
   have been Text Area. I have changed them to Text Area.
 * My questions are:
    * will that solve the truncation problem? * is the data that
   was beyond the limit of Text-line limits gone?
 * I appreciate your attention and skill applied to this problem
 * Thank you.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ftruncating-input%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/#post-11003968)
 * The text-area field uses a much larger storage datatype (64K characters) while
   the text-line field (designed for 1-3 words) uses a 256-character datatype.
 *  Thread Starter [camstockbiotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camstockbiotech/)
 * (@camstockbiotech)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/#post-11008389)
 * Thank you. So, can the data that was uploaded that was beyond the text-line limit
   be recovered through the system?
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/#post-11009005)
 * Data that is entered beyond the field storage limit can’t be recovered, I’m sorry.
 *  Thread Starter [camstockbiotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camstockbiotech/)
 * (@camstockbiotech)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/#post-11009076)
 * Ok, thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [camstockbiotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camstockbiotech/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-input/#post-11009076)
 * Status: resolved