On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:41:52PM +0100, Christiaan den Besten wrote: > Hi all, > Hi, the bugs list is the wrong list I suppose, so I replied to the mysql list (and you in case you don't read it). > i've been using mysql for some time now and never had any serious problems I > could not solve using the online manuals ( my compliments ! ). > > But now I've got a problem which requires some help. > ... > > I'm trying to insert binary data into the "inhoud" field. For all files > smaller that 16MB that's no problem. But with files larger dan 16MB I get > the well know "mysql server has gone away." error. For the record, I use PHP > to insert the data. PHP is configured to use upto 256MB of available memory. > You're probably looking for the max_allowed_packet setting, which limits the packet size for communication with the MySQL daemon. The docs say that the setting is limited to 16M and the default is even lower. http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/H/SHOW_VARIABLES.html Regards, Fred. -- Fred van Engen XO Communications B.V. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Televisieweg 2 tel: +31 36 5462400 1322 AC Almere fax: +31 36 5462424 The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php