> There is a bug in the string handling when changing ODB string entries via the
> mhttpd (git sha 07dfb83). It truncates the string length in the ODB.
> 
> For instance I create a string with length 32 and set it with odbedit to 'a'.
> Then the string length stays 32, as expected. If the same is done through the
> web-interface, the string length will be truncated to 2.
> 
> This can lead to problems if some frontend has a hotlink to a structure
> containing this string since it will complain about structure size mismatch. 

I know about this problem since last summer. I mentioned it to KO, since it's deep down in his 
JSONRPC code. We had a long discussion, where he kind of insisted that this is not a bug but a 
feature. The ODB should store strings with variable lengths, and thus adapt it according to the 
current string length. This makes some sense, since in the future we plan to put C++ string 
support for the ODB, where strings have dynamically varying lengths. But this will take a while, so 
I asked KO to change the truncation of the strings though the web interface, because this breaks 
many experiments. He did not react so far. Several people complained. Maybe your request will 
help now.

Stefan