take a lok at [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=18066&sid=320f76a16932144e4a945f073d20e91b] this [/url]for now

and you will possibly need to edit your db under table
evo_users>user_login>Length/Values1="20" to whatever length you want it to be

Hi thanks for your reply but I belive I quoted the exact same post.

The reason I requested this change is so that I won't have to hack future versions every time I install an update.

Do you have a username with 60 chars? 8|

Do you have a username with 60 chars?

No but with 25 chars. I don't think that database space is much of an issue so it wouldn't hurt to use 60 char or even 255 varchar in the database.

Donald Knuth made the following statement on optimization:
"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil."

you have to hack the core unless you know how to write a plugin to do it.it's a 1 sec. crack open the file, edit and write it down somewhere or add that topic to your watched topics it's not a big deal

I know its not a big deal thats why I requested this change in the core for future versions. Do you have any good reasons not to change it in the core?

As I said for now I will modify the files myself but I don't want to have to do that everytime a new version comes out.

Damokles wrote:

Do you have any good reasons not to change it in the core?

Best Reason:
Damokles wrote:

have to do that everytime a new version comes out.

I personally note down the core changes i made, it's the best way i found yet and possibly there is no other else than writing a plugin to achieve it, since the wise guys havent suggested any other.. even if you managed to find a way to modify the files accordingly with a plugin or by hacks.php maybe ? you would still need to modify your corresponding Db row i mentioned above so ..

I think we talk at cross-purposes, what I mean is this change to be integrated in the Core of b2evo in the development CVS this way it would be an one time change.

Damokles wrote:

I think we talk at cross-purposes, what I mean is this change to be integrated in the Core of b2evo in the development CVS this way it would be an one time change.

ah ok.. i roughly read your post, sorry bout that..lets wait till a dev. member answers than

Walter wrote:

Do you have a username with 60 chars? 8|

Yes; I "imported" an existing membership list where the default username was the e-mail address. These are guaranteed unique, and this is is a very common practice. Although 60 characters was adequate for my population, really it should be possible to use much longer (maybe 256char) usernames.

No but with 25 chars. I don't think that database space is much of an issue so it wouldn't hurt to use 60 char or even 255 varchar in the database.

yea, i think the same.Only disadvantage would be search engines look suspicious to long urls, but i use very long ones, and it didnt matter for me