diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index d72bd6f2f..b21641f6b 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ dir = "."					# directory to store level db files
 
 [mysql]
 # CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS filemeta (
-#   dirhash     BIGINT        COMMENT 'first 64 bits of MD5 hash value of directory field',
-#   name        VARCHAR(1000) COMMENT 'directory or file name',
-#   directory   VARCHAR(4096) COMMENT 'full path to parent directory',
+#   dirhash     BIGINT         COMMENT 'first 64 bits of MD5 hash value of directory field',
+#   name        VARCHAR(65535) COMMENT 'directory or file name',
+#   directory   VARCHAR(65535) COMMENT 'full path to parent directory',
 #   meta        BLOB,
 #   PRIMARY KEY (dirhash, name)
 # ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ connection_max_open = 100
 [postgres]
 # CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS filemeta (
 #   dirhash     BIGINT,
-#   name        VARCHAR(1000),
-#   directory   VARCHAR(4096),
+#   name        VARCHAR(65535),
+#   directory   VARCHAR(65535),
 #   meta        bytea,
 #   PRIMARY KEY (dirhash, name)
 # );
diff --git a/weed/filer2/postgres/README.txt b/weed/filer2/postgres/README.txt
index ef2ef683b..cb0c99c63 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/postgres/README.txt
+++ b/weed/filer2/postgres/README.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ $PGHOME/bin/psql --username=postgres --password seaweedfs
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS filemeta (
   dirhash     BIGINT,
-  name        VARCHAR(1000),
-  directory   VARCHAR(4096),
+  name        VARCHAR(65535),
+  directory   VARCHAR(65535),
   meta        bytea,
   PRIMARY KEY (dirhash, name)
 );