diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index a7c31f0854d735969b34429d12ea57b578d43252..5fd9ece139d077cf7886081f8f577f184fbb0a86 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ CREATE TABLE xref (
    xref_id 		      INT unsigned not null auto_increment,
    external_db_id             int not null,
    dbprimary_acc              VARCHAR(40) not null,
-   display_label              VARCHAR(255) not null,
+   display_label              VARCHAR(128) not null,
    version                    VARCHAR(10) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
    description                VARCHAR(255),