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Bug 740929

Summary: Edit Role: Very long description returns unhelpful error
Product: Red Hat Satellite Reporter: Corey Welton <cwelton>
Component: WebUIAssignee: Partha Aji <paji>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Katello QA List <katello-qa-list>
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Version: 6.0.0CC: bkearney, mmccune
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Description Corey Welton 2011-09-23 19:49:22 UTC
Description of problem:
When editing a role, entering a very long string for role description returns a cryptic error message

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Create a new role, "New Role"
2.  From roles view, select "New Role"
3.  Click the "Edit Role" button
4.  For role description, enter the following text into the textbox:

This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description This is a very long description 
  
Actual results:
Error message that reads
[object Object]

Expected results:
* Contextual error message
* Perhaps a hard limit in the text field for amount of text that can be entered?

Additional info:

Comment 1 Partha Aji 2012-01-24 17:46:30 UTC
Sounds like this aspect has been imporved. I got an error saying "Description cannot be more than 255 characters"

Comment 3 Corey Welton 2012-01-31 21:50:04 UTC
QA Verified.