diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_firebird_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_firebird_schema.sql
index f713711c..3a80ca6f 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_firebird_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_firebird_schema.sql
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET NONE DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	config_value VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET NONE DEFAULT '' NOT NULL
+	config_value BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT CHARACTER SET UTF8 DEFAULT '' NOT NULL
 );;
 
 ALTER TABLE phpbb_portal_config ADD PRIMARY KEY (config_name);;
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mssql_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mssql_schema.sql
index b046e576..33ef1dbd 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mssql_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mssql_schema.sql
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ GO
 */
 CREATE TABLE [phpbb_portal_config] (
 	[config_name] [varchar] (255) DEFAULT ('') NOT NULL ,
-	[config_value] [varchar] (255) DEFAULT ('') NOT NULL 
+	[config_value] [text] DEFAULT ('') NOT NULL 
 ) ON [PRIMARY]
 GO
 
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_40_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_40_schema.sql
index ef7b2b18..02d61090 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_40_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_40_schema.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name varbinary(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	config_value varbinary(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value mediumblob NOT NULL,
 	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
 );
 
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_41_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_41_schema.sql
index ad7b4408..a3fbe053 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_41_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_mysql_41_schema.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	config_value varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value mediumtext NOT NULL,
 	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
 ) CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_bin`;
 
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_oracle_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_oracle_schema.sql
index 155a45ff..3a813635 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_oracle_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_oracle_schema.sql
@@ -4,49 +4,49 @@
 
 */
 
-/*

-  This first section is optional, however its probably the best method

-  of running phpBB on Oracle. If you already have a tablespace and user created

-  for phpBB you can leave this section commented out!

-

-  The first set of statements create a phpBB tablespace and a phpBB user,

-  make sure you change the password of the phpBB user before you run this script!!

-*/

-

-/*

-CREATE TABLESPACE "PHPBB"

-	LOGGING 

-	DATAFILE 'E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\LOCAL\PHPBB.ora' 

-	SIZE 10M

-	AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 10M

-	MAXSIZE 100M;

-

-CREATE USER "PHPBB" 

-	PROFILE "DEFAULT" 

-	IDENTIFIED BY "phpbb_password" 

-	DEFAULT TABLESPACE "PHPBB" 

-	QUOTA UNLIMITED ON "PHPBB" 

-	ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

-

-GRANT ANALYZE ANY TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT CREATE SESSION TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT CREATE TABLE TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT CREATE TRIGGER TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT CREATE VIEW TO "PHPBB";

-GRANT "CONNECT" TO "PHPBB";

-

-COMMIT;

-DISCONNECT;

-

-CONNECT phpbb/phpbb_password;

+/*
+  This first section is optional, however its probably the best method
+  of running phpBB on Oracle. If you already have a tablespace and user created
+  for phpBB you can leave this section commented out!
+
+  The first set of statements create a phpBB tablespace and a phpBB user,
+  make sure you change the password of the phpBB user before you run this script!!
+*/
+
+/*
+CREATE TABLESPACE "PHPBB"
+	LOGGING 
+	DATAFILE 'E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\LOCAL\PHPBB.ora' 
+	SIZE 10M
+	AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 10M
+	MAXSIZE 100M;
+
+CREATE USER "PHPBB" 
+	PROFILE "DEFAULT" 
+	IDENTIFIED BY "phpbb_password" 
+	DEFAULT TABLESPACE "PHPBB" 
+	QUOTA UNLIMITED ON "PHPBB" 
+	ACCOUNT UNLOCK;
+
+GRANT ANALYZE ANY TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT CREATE SESSION TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT CREATE TABLE TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT CREATE TRIGGER TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT CREATE VIEW TO "PHPBB";
+GRANT "CONNECT" TO "PHPBB";
+
+COMMIT;
+DISCONNECT;
+
+CONNECT phpbb/phpbb_password;
 */
 /*
 	Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 */
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name varchar2(255) DEFAULT '' ,
-	config_value varchar2(255) DEFAULT '' ,
+	config_value clob DEFAULT '' ,
 	CONSTRAINT pk_phpbb_portal_config PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
 )
 /
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_postgres_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_postgres_schema.sql
index abc052a0..3bf0d9ef 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_postgres_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_postgres_schema.sql
@@ -6,87 +6,87 @@
 
 BEGIN;
 
-/*

-	Domain definition

-*/

-CREATE DOMAIN varchar_ci AS varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''::character varying;

-

-/*

-	Operation Functions

-*/

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) = LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_not_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) != LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_less_than(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) < LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_less_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) <= LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_greater_than(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) > LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_greater_equals(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) >= LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;

-

-/*

-	Operators

-*/

-CREATE OPERATOR <(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_less_than,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = >,

-  NEGATOR = >=,

-  RESTRICT = scalarltsel,

-  JOIN = scalarltjoinsel);

-

-CREATE OPERATOR <=(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_less_equal,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = >=,

-  NEGATOR = >,

-  RESTRICT = scalarltsel,

-  JOIN = scalarltjoinsel);

-

-CREATE OPERATOR >(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_greater_than,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = <,

-  NEGATOR = <=,

-  RESTRICT = scalargtsel,

-  JOIN = scalargtjoinsel);

-

-CREATE OPERATOR >=(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_greater_equals,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = <=,

-  NEGATOR = <,

-  RESTRICT = scalargtsel,

-  JOIN = scalargtjoinsel);

-

-CREATE OPERATOR <>(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_not_equal,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = <>,

-  NEGATOR = =,

-  RESTRICT = neqsel,

-  JOIN = neqjoinsel);

-

-CREATE OPERATOR =(

-  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_equal,

-  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,

-  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,

-  COMMUTATOR = =,

-  NEGATOR = <>,

-  RESTRICT = eqsel,

-  JOIN = eqjoinsel,

-  HASHES,

-  MERGES,

-  SORT1= <);

+/*
+	Domain definition
+*/
+CREATE DOMAIN varchar_ci AS varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''::character varying;
+
+/*
+	Operation Functions
+*/
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) = LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_not_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) != LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_less_than(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) < LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_less_equal(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) <= LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_greater_than(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) > LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+CREATE FUNCTION _varchar_ci_greater_equals(varchar_ci, varchar_ci) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT LOWER($1) >= LOWER($2)' LANGUAGE SQL STRICT;
+
+/*
+	Operators
+*/
+CREATE OPERATOR <(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_less_than,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = >,
+  NEGATOR = >=,
+  RESTRICT = scalarltsel,
+  JOIN = scalarltjoinsel);
+
+CREATE OPERATOR <=(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_less_equal,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = >=,
+  NEGATOR = >,
+  RESTRICT = scalarltsel,
+  JOIN = scalarltjoinsel);
+
+CREATE OPERATOR >(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_greater_than,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = <,
+  NEGATOR = <=,
+  RESTRICT = scalargtsel,
+  JOIN = scalargtjoinsel);
+
+CREATE OPERATOR >=(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_greater_equals,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = <=,
+  NEGATOR = <,
+  RESTRICT = scalargtsel,
+  JOIN = scalargtjoinsel);
+
+CREATE OPERATOR <>(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_not_equal,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = <>,
+  NEGATOR = =,
+  RESTRICT = neqsel,
+  JOIN = neqjoinsel);
+
+CREATE OPERATOR =(
+  PROCEDURE = _varchar_ci_equal,
+  LEFTARG = varchar_ci,
+  RIGHTARG = varchar_ci,
+  COMMUTATOR = =,
+  NEGATOR = <>,
+  RESTRICT = eqsel,
+  JOIN = eqjoinsel,
+  HASHES,
+  MERGES,
+  SORT1= <);
 
 /*
 	Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 */
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	config_value varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value TEXT DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
 );
 
diff --git a/root/install_portal/schemas/_sqlite_schema.sql b/root/install_portal/schemas/_sqlite_schema.sql
index d6d61670..f5c0c1cb 100644
--- a/root/install_portal/schemas/_sqlite_schema.sql
+++ b/root/install_portal/schemas/_sqlite_schema.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BEGIN TRANSACTION;
 # Table: 'phpbb_portal_config'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_portal_config (
 	config_name varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	config_value varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	config_value mediumtext(16777215) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
 );