<p>If you scroll down a little bit from your screenshot, you'll see an "advanced" toggle for the Plain Text field settings.</p>

<p>In there is a "Column Type", which I'm guessing is set to <code>varchar(255B)</code> for you.</p>

<p>Set that to <code>Text</code> and that should solve it for you.</p>

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2020-05-27T07:50:24.650Z
Thanks! This fixed the issue but I'm a bit confused as why this suddenly is a problem.
valley
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2020-05-14T23:53:43.370Z
2020-05-14T23:53:43.370Z
Brad Bell
<p>I'm getting the following error when I'm trying to update a matrix:</p>

<p>"Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type.""</p>

<p>I'm trying to add a new block type but this error keeps getting up on fields that already exist in other block types. 
The problem seems to related to the plain text field type. I've read somewhere about the field limit exceeding the mysql varchar length but 80 or 100 shouldn't be a problem, no?</p>

<p>Does anyone have an idea what might be the problem?</p>

<p>I'm running on:</p>

<ul>
<li>PHP version 7.2.15</li>
<li>OS version  Linux 4.19.76-linuxkit </li>
<li>Database driver &amp; version   MySQL 5.7.26</li>
<li>Image driver &amp; version  Imagick 3.4.3 (ImageMagick 6.9.7-4)  </li>
<li>Craft edition &amp; version Craft Pro 3.4.19  </li>
<li>Yii version 2.0.35  </li>
<li>Twig version 2.12.5  </li>
<li>Guzzle version  6.5.3  </li>
<li>Imagine version 1.2.3-dev</li>
</ul>

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"Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type" error on already existing fields when updating matrix
# "Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type" error on already existing fields when updating matrix

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-14)

I'm getting the following error when I'm trying to update a matrix:

"Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type.""

I'm trying to add a new block type but this error keeps getting up on fields that already exist in other block types.
The problem seems to related to the plain text field type. I've read somewhere about the field limit exceeding the mysql varchar length but 80 or 100 shouldn't be a problem, no?

Does anyone have an idea what might be the problem?

I'm running on:

* PHP version 7.2.15
* OS version Linux 4.19.76-linuxkit
* Database driver & version MySQL 5.7.26
* Image driver & version Imagick 3.4.3 (ImageMagick 6.9.7-4)
* Craft edition & version Craft Pro 3.4.19
* Yii version 2.0.35
* Twig version 2.12.5
* Guzzle version 6.5.3
* Imagine version 1.2.3-dev

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**Tags:** craft3, matrix, field, error, fieldtypes


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-14. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

If you scroll down a little bit from your screenshot, you'll see an "advanced" toggle for the Plain Text field settings.

In there is a "Column Type", which I'm guessing is set to `varchar(255B)` for you.

Set that to `Text` and that should solve it for you.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks! This fixed the issue but I'm a bit confused as why this suddenly is a problem.  

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