com.skvare.dbcfcheck

This extension helps to prevent errors related to custom fields when we add fields to a custom table that exceed the row size limit on the table.

Based on the row size available for the table, we disabled the add new custom field button.

The extension is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Requirements

PHP v7.0+
CiviCRM 5.45+

Installation (Web UI)

This extension has not yet been published for installation via the web UI.

Installation (CLI, Zip)

Sysadmins and developers may download the .zip file for this extension and install it with the command-line tool cv.

cd <extension-dir>
cv dl com.skvare.dbcfcheck@https://github.com/skvare/com.skvare.dbcfcheck/archive/master.zip

Installation (CLI, Git)

Sysadmins and developers may clone the Git repo for this extension and install it with the command-line tool cv.

git clone https://github.com/skvare/com.skvare.dbcfcheck.git
cv en dbcfcheck

Usage

This extension also provides tabular reports for custom fields where the column is missing. You can delete these fields through the UI if possible or in the database directly.

Errors

If you check the civicrm logs, you may find similar errors.

ALTER TABLE civicrm_value_event_participant_consents_and_authorizati_12
  ADD COLUMN `subsidy_450` varchar(255),
  ADD INDEX INDEX_subsidy_450 ( subsidy_450 )

[nativecode=1118 ** Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. This includes storage overhead, check the manual. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs]

We cannot increase the size of innodb_page_size parameter, it is read only, it configured once during creation of database for more detail refer: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-parameters.html#sysvar_innodb_page_size

Row-size information is available at: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-reslimits-excerpt/8.0/en/column-count-limit.html#row-size-limits

Column size varies based on the COLLATION type used on each column.

utf8_unicode_ci (bytes per char: 3)
utf8mb4_unicode_ci (bytes per char: 4)
latin1 (bytes per char: 1)

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