Ticket #4468: oldforms-field_length-validation.diff

oldforms/__init__.py

@@ -388 +388 @@
             self.member_name = member_name
 
     def isValidLength(self, data, form):
-        if data and self.maxlength and len(data.decode(settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)) > self.maxlength:
-            raise validators.ValidationError, ngettext("Ensure your text is less than %s character.",
-                "Ensure your text is less than %s characters.", self.maxlength) % self.maxlength
+        data_length = len(data.decode(settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET))
+        if data and self.maxlength and data_length > self.maxlength:
+            raise validators.ValidationError, ngettext("Ensure your text is less than %s character (it is %s).",
+                "Ensure your text is less than %s characters (it is %s).", self.maxlength) % (self.maxlength, data_length)
 
     def hasNoNewlines(self, data, form):
         if data and '\n' in data: