[support] setting dst in url_alias table to 255 length

[Earnie Boyd]

Hans Langouche wrote:
>   Hi there,
> 
> I know it's bad practice but would there be any major implications (in 
> e.g. updates) if I change the dst length in url_alias to 255 in stead of 
> 128 ?
> 
> My use case is that I have a bunch of aliassen based on menu_path (a 
> product catalogue) and with the catalogue going up to 4 levels down the 
> paths can get long (longer then 128).  I know about this patch 
> (http://drupal.org/node/288946), just want to figure out if this is 
> "common" practice or a big nono.
> 

Your safety in doing this depends on you and your successors.  It will
only affect you if there is a core change to the column in the database.
 So if you keep track of the changes via a VCS such as git, then you can
compare as you need to.

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