[Search Students]: Massive string is not correctly treated about teammates HOT 6 CLOSED

Thanks @MauricioMachadoFF for pointing this out! Not a big issue since I don't think searches will be >6000 characters long, but an error message should definitely be shown.

Worth noting that this issue also exists for the admin search page.

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I managed to reproduce this problem and would like to try to solve it. It is my first time contributing to this project though, is this a problem that can be solved by someone with little knowledge about the project?

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Hi @LarsGielen, I think this issue is fine for a first-time contributor. Please feel free to submit a PR when you're ready

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Hi @weiquu, I think I solved the problem by setting the maxlength property of the search bar and showing a warning when the user has reached the limit.

Right now I have hard coded the limit. Is there any way of not having to hard code the limit? or is it not a problem?

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hey, I want to work on this issue, as it is my first contribution
can I work on this issue?

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Hi @RahulkumarRV, this issue is already being worked on by another contributor. Do take a look at other issues tagged as "good first issue"

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