From: "Othmar Stehlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I´m writing a simple Guestbook in Java, but I´m not quite sure which SQL > Datatype I should use for the user´s comments. > VARCHAR is not big enough,
Try TEXT or TINYTEXT. However, you may want to have a check in place before it goes into the database to trim it down to a reasonable size in the event some joker decides to paste a few thousand lines of text into the comments. -- denonymous www.coldcircuit.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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