HOW TO
Setting the character length for a text type field with a smaller character length can prevent entering incorrect details for some data, such as postcodes, passwords, or telephone numbers. However, once a field is created and the character length is specified, the number cannot be reduced and can only be increased.
The article describes how to decrease the character length for an existing field by creating a new field and repopulating existing values into the new field.
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