Data too long for column 'type'

I get an error whenever I create something that triggers an email action to a role. It looks like the 'type' is too long for the database column. I've seen in other posts that it cannot be over 16 characters. "action_email_role" is 17 characters:

user warning: Data too long for column 'type' at row 1 query: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, variables, severity, link, location, referer, hostname, timestamp) VALUES (4, 'action_email_role', 'Sent email to %recipient', ....