Sign Up - StringDataRightTruncation error if username is longer than 255 characters

[emre-akshuur]

Version

v4

Severity

Medium

Suggested Priority

Medium

Observed Behaviour

if the user decides to use more than 255 characters for their username during sign up - they'll see the error below;

Expected Behaviour

We should show a correct error message and/or limit character limits on a lower number to prevent this.

Reproduction Steps

1. Make sure app.py is running
2. Navigate to 127.0.0.1:5001/signup
3. Type 255 character long username and a valid password.
4. Observe error on webpage and terminal

[PaulNGilson]

Determined by what's configured in the database, so more to do with any limit than 255 specifically; agreed better error handling could be added.