Database error: specified key was too long - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/ Discussion Board en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:54:32 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13641 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:26 +0000 Yes, it does.  I haven't had any issues with that functionality.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Glowball https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13641 RE: Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13640 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:54:06 +0000
Posted by: Glowball

Thanks for the link, Anonymous20, a search didn't turn anything up.  Very helpful.  Good luck to you!

Can you do me a favor ? Does Subscribe to a Topic works for you (in your site i mean) ?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13640 RE: Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13524 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:05:24 +0000 Thanks for the link, Anonymous20, a search didn't turn anything up.  Very helpful.  Good luck to you!

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Glowball https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13524 RE: Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13498 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:59:31 +0000 As I've already mentioned you can ignore this error. This is a one time error. This says one index in subscription table is not created. It's just an extra key for more convenient data storing, and it doesn't affect any function so you can forget about that without any worry.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Robert https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13498 RE: Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13493 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:08:52 +0000 Welcome to my nightmare (just kidding), as Alice Cooper sing:

 

https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/db-errors/

 

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Anonymous20 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13493 Database error: specified key was too long https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13492 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:27:35 +0000 I received this error.  Is there something I need to do to the subscribes table?  This happened when I was not working on the site or doing upgrades -- can you confirm that this is an upgrade and not malicious?  Thanks!

WordPress database error Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes for query ALTER TABLE `td_wpforo_subscribes` ADD UNIQUE KEY `fld_group_unq`( `itemid`, `type`, `userid`, `user_email` ) made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, call_user_func_array, wpforo_update, wpforo_activation

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Glowball https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/database-error-specified-key-was-too-long/#post-13492