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  10. Bilety nie są generowane dla dużych zamówień.

Bilety nie są generowane dla dużych zamówień.

This is most likely caused by a data type limitation in your sites database. FooEvents stores ticket data for an order in a single serialized meta_value. On large orders (roughly 30+ tickets in one order, depending on how much data each ticket stores), that serialized value can exceed the maximum size allowed for a TEXT field. When that happens:

  • The order meta is truncated or not fully saved.
  • FooEvents doesn’t have all the data it expects.
  • Tickets for that order may not be generated correctly or at all.

Who is affected? #

This should only affects stores that:

  • Have HPOS (WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage) enabled.
  • Expect to process large ticket orders (around 30 or more tickets in a single order).

If you are nie using HPOS, you should not be affected by this issue.

Why doesn’t this affect non-HPOS sites? #

On non-HPOS sites, WooCommerce uses the standard WordPress postmeta table (for example wp_postmeta) for order meta.

W postmetaw meta_value column is already defined as LONGTEXT, which can store much larger values than TEXT.

Because of that, non-HPOS sites can safely store large FooEvents ticket meta values without any changes.

If you do experiance this issue on a non-HPOS site,  you or your developer may gave changed the data type of the meta_value field in the WordPress postmeta table.

Technical details #

  • TEXT max length: 65,535 bytes.
  • LONGTEXT max length: 4GB.

FooEvents stores per-ticket data such as:

  • Ticket IDs
  • Szczegóły dotyczące uczestników
  • Event information
  • Additional ticket meta

All of that is serialized into a single meta_value. On large orders, that string can exceed what TEXT can store, causing truncation and broken ticket generation.

If you’re using HPOS and expect large ticket orders, change the meta_value column in the wc_orders_meta table from TEXT do LONGTEXT.

Ważne: This involves modifying a WooCommerce core table. Always back up your database first. If you’re not comfortable doing this, ask your host or a developer to assist.

  1. Confirm the table name
    Most installs will use: wp_wc_orders_meta
    If you’re using a custom prefix, adjust accordingly (for example myshop_wc_orders_meta).
  2. Example run the SQL command(adjust table name accordingly) 
    ALTER TABLE `wp_wc_orders_meta`
MODIFY `meta_value` LONGTEXT NULL;
  3. Verify
    • Make sure the query completes without errors.
    • Place a test order with a large number of tickets and confirm tickets are generated as expected.

Will this break WooCommerce or HPOS? #

No. This change is safe and aligns with how WordPress already stores meta:

  • WordPress core and WooCommerce already use LONGTEXT dla meta_value w postmeta table.
  • Changing meta_value w wc_orders_meta z TEXT do LONGTEXT simply increases how much data can be stored; it does not change how WooCommerce or FooEvents read or write the data.

That said:

  • Always take a full database backup first.
  • Ideally, test this change on a staging site before applying it to production.