Replaces #48077.

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Summary of Changes

Changes #__finder_links.route to varchar(2048) so long SEF routes are no longer cut off when Smart Search indexes them.

• Schema update 6.3.0-2026-11-06.sql for MySQL and PostgreSQL
• installation/sql/{mysql,postgresql}/extensions.sql
• administrator/components/com_finder/sql/install.{mysql,postgresql}.sql: these were still varchar(255) and are now aligned with the installation SQL

Testing Instructions

1. On an existing 6.3 site, apply the patch and run System → Database → Fix. Check that #__finder_links.route is varchar(2048).
2. Do a fresh install on MySQL and on PostgreSQL and check the column type.
3. Index content with a route longer than 400 characters and check that it's stored in full.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

Routes longer than the column size are truncated or fail to insert.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

Routes up to 2048 characters are stored correctly.

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