Account field Size

Hello Forum,
by default Account field size is only 30, what is not a lot at all.
Is it possible to change this size? Sure one can do it in the database, won't it cause any difficulties later on?
Regards,
Gulnara

If you alter the database, be sure to do it for every table... people do this all the time for content ID.
This can cause problems if you try to migrate content from one system to another, and forget to alter the field sizes in the new system. But, with the replication exceptions component, this isn't nearly as painful as it used to be!

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