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• Simon

  Posted on Feb 23, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello
  
  I need to change the value type of a metafield in sitefinity. How can I do that when I already have data in my database. It appears the metafield value types are cached somewhere in the DB.
  
  Simon

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• Ivan Dimitrov Ivan Dimitrov

  Posted on Feb 23, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Simon,
  
  You can use GetMetaData and SetMetaData methods of IContent object to get/set a metakey value. You can take a look at Modifying Content Items
  
  Sincerely yours,
  Ivan Dimitrov
  the Telerik team

  
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• Simon

  Posted on Feb 23, 2010 (permalink)

  I'm fine with that, the issue is that I have already got data in a metadata value that was defined as a ShortText. I now want to store > 250 characters, and so I need to change the ValueType to LongText. But that doesn't work I still get the error that >250 chars is too much for ShortText

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• Ivan Dimitrov Ivan Dimitrov

  Posted on Feb 23, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Simon,
  
  For some of the Metakeys the ValueType cannot be changed, because it is set in the data provider. The only possible solution in this case is creating a new metakey of type LongText and use it.
  
  Best wishes,
  Ivan Dimitrov
  the Telerik team

  
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• Simon

  Posted on Feb 23, 2010 (permalink)

  It was a metafield that I had added.
  
  So what you are saying is that there is no way to get SiteFinity to upgrade the MetaField?

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• Ivan Dimitrov Ivan Dimitrov

  Posted on Feb 24, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Simon,
  
  If this is a custom metakey could you send the web.config file and tell us the name of the key. I will add the same on a local project and see whether the value will remain 250 chars. I look forward to hearing from you.
  
  Regards,
  Ivan Dimitrov
  the Telerik team

  
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