Index: lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/service/MonitoringService.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/service/MonitoringService.java,v
diff -u -r1.155 -r1.156
--- lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/service/MonitoringService.java	4 Oct 2010 15:28:26 -0000	1.155
+++ lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/service/MonitoringService.java	27 Oct 2010 17:35:43 -0000	1.156
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@
 	// Make all efforts to make sure it has a title
 	String title = lessonName != null ? lessonName : copiedLearningDesign.getTitle();
 	title = title != null ? title : "Unknown Lesson";
+	//truncate title
+	if (title.length() > 254) {
+	    title = title.substring(0, 254);
+	}
 
 	Lesson lesson = createNewLesson(title, lessonDescription, user, learnerExportAvailable, copiedLearningDesign,
 		learnerPresenceAvailable, learnerImAvailable, liveEditEnabled);