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Arjen,

> You do need to be wary of malicious users who put a first name of a
>few hundred megabytes.

yes, but if that "my first name is a video" hits the database, it is
allready to late, isn't it?

If it is open to the public, input should be sanitized WAY earlier;
and for an internal application: please compare "number of users
trying to insert a video for their first name" to "number of customers
being annoyed as their name is abbreviated"

Harald

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