diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/BodyRecord.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/BodyRecord.cs
index e16c556b7..adb0655bf 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/BodyRecord.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/BodyRecord.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 using Orchard.ContentManagement.Records;
+using Orchard.Data.Conventions;
 
 namespace Orchard.Core.Common.Records {
     public class BodyRecord : ContentPartVersionRecord {
+        [StringLengthMax]
         public virtual string Text { get; set; }
+
         public virtual string Format { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/RoutableRecord.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/RoutableRecord.cs
index 100f29f62..a87035000 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/RoutableRecord.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Common/Records/RoutableRecord.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-using Orchard.ContentManagement.Records;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using Orchard.ContentManagement.Records;
 
 namespace Orchard.Core.Common.Records {
     public class RoutableRecord : ContentPartVersionRecord {
+        [StringLength(1024)]
         public virtual string Title { get; set; }
+
         public virtual string Slug { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Data/Conventions/StringLengthConvention.cs b/src/Orchard/Data/Conventions/StringLengthConvention.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..996205c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Data/Conventions/StringLengthConvention.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using FluentNHibernate.Conventions;
+using FluentNHibernate.Conventions.Instances;
+
+namespace Orchard.Data.Conventions {
+    public class StringLengthMaxAttribute : StringLengthAttribute {
+        public StringLengthMaxAttribute() : base(10000) {
+            // 10000 is an arbetrary number large enough to be in the nvarchar(max) range 
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class StringLengthConvention : AttributePropertyConvention<StringLengthAttribute> {
+        protected override void Apply(StringLengthAttribute attribute, IPropertyInstance instance) {
+            instance.Length(attribute.MaximumLength);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
index 6e54f2d57..d3c70e247 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Data\Builders\ISessionFactoryBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Builders\SQLiteBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Builders\SqlServerBuilder.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Data\Conventions\StringLengthConvention.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\SessionFactoryHolder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\Configuration\AppDataFolder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\Configuration\ShellSettingsLoader.cs" />