**Setup**
- MediaWiki 1.27.4 (d314c84) 01:07, 9 December 2017
- PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (apache2handler)
- MySQL 5.7.20-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Liquid Threads 2.2-alpha (0a16469) 22:43, 31 January 2017
**Issue**
A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.
The reason for this to happen is that the contents of the thread is inserted uncut to the field "Other/additional reason:". Thus the contents is too long.
//Query://
INSERT INTO `thread_history` (th_id,th_thread,th_timestamp,th_user,th_user_text,th_change_type,th_change_object,th_change_comment,th_content) VALUES (NULL,'2501','20171227170705','74','Kghbln','4','2501','Unnecessary page: content was: \"Hi everyone, I am translating the system messages in Translatewiki.net to Spanish. During the translation I found an error i...\", and the only contributor was \"[[Special:Contributions/Ivanhercaz|Ivanhercaz]]\" ([[User talk:Ivanhercaz|talk]])','O:6:\"Thread\":26:{s:9:\"\0*\0rootId\";s:5:\"14004\";s:12:\"\0*\0articleId\";s:4:\"3334\";s:12:\"\0*\0summaryId\";N;s:13:\"\0*\0ancestorId\";s:1:\"0\";s:11:\"\0*\0parentId\";N;s:14:\"\0*\0superthread\";N;s:11:\"\0*\0ancestor\";r:1;s:19:\"\0*\0articleNamespace\";s:1:\"4\";s:15:\"\0*\0articleTitle\";s:16:\"Community_portal\";s:11:\"\0*\0modified\";s:14:\"20171227170705\";s:10:\"\0*\0created\";s:14:\"20171225214016\";s:10:\"\0*\0sortkey\";s:14:\"20171227170705\";s:5:\"\0*\0id\";s:4:\"2501\";s:7:\"\0*\0type\";i:2;s:10:\"\0*\0subject\";s:36:\"English error in the system messages\";s:11:\"\0*\0authorId\";s:4:\"3092\";s:13:\"\0*\0authorName\";s:10:\"Ivanhercaz\";s:12:\"\0*\0signature\";s:62:\"[[User:Ivanhercaz|Ivanhercaz]] ([[User talk:Ivanhercaz|talk]])\";s:16:\"\0*\0allDataLoaded\";N;s:15:\"\0*\0isHistorical\";b:0;s:15:\"\0*\0rootRevision\";N;s:10:\"editedness\";s:1:\"0\";s:10:\"\0*\0editors\";N;s:10:\"\0*\0replies\";a:0:{}s:12:\"\0*\0reactions\";N;s:10:\"replyCount\";s:1:\"0\";}')
//Function:// ThreadRevision::insert
//Error:// 1406 Data too long for column 'th_change_comment' at row 1 (localhost)
**Backtrace**
```
#0 /../w/includes/db/Database.php(901): DatabaseBase->reportQueryError('Data too long f...', 1406, 'INSERT INTO `t...', 'ThreadRevision:...', false)
#1 /../w/includes/db/Database.php(1467): DatabaseBase->query('INSERT INTO `t...', 'ThreadRevision:...')
#2 /../w/extensions/LiquidThreads/classes/ThreadRevision.php(99): DatabaseBase->insert('`thread_history...', Array, 'ThreadRevision:...')
#3 /../w/extensions/LiquidThreads/classes/ThreadRevision.php(88): ThreadRevision->insert()
#4 /../w/extensions/LiquidThreads/classes/Thread.php(188): ThreadRevision::create(Object(Thread), 4, Object(Thread), 'Unnecessary pag...')
#5 /../w/extensions/LiquidThreads/classes/Thread.php(345): Thread->commitRevision(4, Object(Thread), 'Unnecessary pag...')
#6 /../w/extensions/LiquidThreads/classes/DeletionController.php(22): Thread->delete('Unnecessary pag...')
#7 /../w/includes/Hooks.php(195): LqtDeletionController::onArticleDeleteComplete(Object(WikiPage), Object(User), 'Unnecessary pag...', 14004, Object(WikitextContent), Object(ManualLogEntry))
#8 /../w/includes/page/WikiPage.php(2950): Hooks::run('ArticleDeleteCo...', Array)
#9 /../w/includes/page/Article.php(1896): WikiPage->doDeleteArticleReal('Unnecessary pag...', false, 0, true, '', Object(User))
#10 /../w/includes/page/Article.php(1714): Article->doDelete('Unnecessary pag...', false)
#11 /../w/includes/actions/DeleteAction.php(54): Article->delete()
#12 /../w/includes/MediaWiki.php(493): DeleteAction->show()
#13 /../w/includes/MediaWiki.php(288): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(Article), Object(Title))
#14 /../w/includes/MediaWiki.php(735): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#15 /../w/includes/MediaWiki.php(509): MediaWiki->main()
#16 /../w/index.php(43): MediaWiki->run()
#17 {main}
```
**Solution**
The interim solution to mitigate this issue is to reduce the lenght of the content added to field "Other/additional reason:" when deleting a thread to an acceptable lenght. It will e.g. be nice if there is a size limit imposed by the software.