diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
index 1119c47..08270d2 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ function dblog_schema() {
         'description' => 'The severity level of the event; ranges from 0 (Emergency) to 7 (Debug)',
       ),
       'link' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
+        'type' => 'text',
         'not null' => FALSE,
-        'default' => '',
         'description' => 'Link to view the result of the event.',
       ),
       'location'  => array(
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/src/Logger/DbLog.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Logger/DbLog.php
index d746710..a841430 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/src/Logger/DbLog.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Logger/DbLog.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\dblog\Logger;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\SafeMarkup;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait;
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ public function log($level, $message, array $context = array()) {
       ->insert('watchdog')
       ->fields(array(
         'uid' => $context['uid'],
-        'type' => substr($context['channel'], 0, 64),
+        'type' => Unicode::substr($context['channel'], 0, 64),
         'message' => $message,
         'variables' => serialize($message_placeholders),
         'severity' => $level,
-        'link' => substr($context['link'], 0, 255),
+        'link' => $context['link'],
         'location' => $context['request_uri'],
         'referer' => $context['referer'],
-        'hostname' => substr($context['ip'], 0, 128),
+        'hostname' => Unicode::substr($context['ip'], 0, 128),
         'timestamp' => $context['timestamp'],
       ))
       ->execute();
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
index 122fa8a..820b8e0 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Tests/DbLogTest.php
@@ -152,13 +152,16 @@ private function verifyCron($row_limit) {
   private function generateLogEntries($count, $options = array()) {
     global $base_root;
 
+    // Make it just a little bit harder to pass the link part of the test.
+    $link = urldecode('/content/xo%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A%E9%85%B1%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E7%B4%A0%E9%B8%A1%E7%85%A7%E7%83%A7%E9%B8%A1%E9%BB%84%E7%8E%AB%E7%91%B0-%E7%A7%91%E5%B7%9E%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E4%B9%9D%E5%AF%A8%E6%B2%9F%E7%BB%9D%E7%BE%8E%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%B1%E6%B9%96%E6%B3%8A-lake-isabelle');
+
     // Prepare the fields to be logged
     $log = $options + array(
       'channel'     => 'custom',
       'message'     => 'Dblog test log message',
       'variables'   => array(),
       'severity'    => RfcLogLevel::NOTICE,
-      'link'        => NULL,
+      'link'        => $link,
       'user'        => $this->adminUser,
       'uid'         => $this->adminUser->id(),
       'request_uri' => $base_root . \Drupal::request()->getRequestUri(),