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+-- +goose Up
+-- SQL in section 'Up' is executed when this migration is applied
+
+-- Adjust utf8mb4 is the real 4-byte UTF-8. But to fit the contact column in an
+-- index entirely, we need to adjust 255 down to 191.
+ALTER TABLE `registrations` MODIFY COLUMN contact varchar(191) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 NOT NULL;
+
+-- +goose Down
+-- SQL section 'Down' is executed when this migration is rolled back
+
+ALTER TABLE `registrations` MODIFY COLUMN contact varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL;