On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Ryan Fox wrote: > The current action is that this value is truncated to fit the column. The > other option would be to automagically expand the column's length so the > value would fit. Despite what the original poster may think, they _really_ > don't want that to happen.
Right. That is what the 'text' type is there for. > I wouldn't be terribly opposed to having an option to be set to allow this, No need. Just let the 'text' type get into the SQL standard, if it is not already there. Cheers, -- , M A R I O data miner, LIACC, room 221 tel 351+226078830, ext 121 A M A D O Rua Campo Alegre, 823 fax 351+226003654 A L V E S P-4150-180 PORTO, Portugal mob 351+939354002 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
