@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ $GLOBALS['TL_DCA']['tl_article_layouts'] = array

 			'label'                   => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_article_layouts']['bgStyle'],

 			'exclude'                 => true,

 			'inputType'               => 'text',

-			'eval'                    => array('tl_class'=>'long','maxlength'=>255,'decodeEntities'=>true),

-			'sql'                     => "varchar(255) NOT NULL default ''"

+			'eval'                    => array('tl_class'=>'long','maxlength'=>1055,'decodeEntities'=>true),

+			'sql'                     => "text NULL"

 		),

 		'restrictContentElements' => array

 		(