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On 2/24/04, 4:54:57 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding inserting huge string: > hi, > I am using mysql 4.0.14. I have a table where one of the fields has a > datatype longblob. What I am trying to do is to enter a genome sequence which > has around 1750000 characters. the file size is about 1.5MB which is well > within the longblob size. I am using python to enter the sequence from a file > to the database and the while i am running the python program ,the connection > to the db is lost. So it takes in only around 103500 characters. > I tried changing the variables in mysql,the max_allowed_packet using the > following command: > set max_allowed_packet=400000000; > I tried changing it to max 4G which is the maximum size for longblob. But it > changed to a maximum of 1G. > Even is it is 1G, the size of the file i am trying to enter is well within the > size of the datatype. > I am not sure how to enter this huge string. What should I do?? > thanks, > liz > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]