Is 255 Characters Really the Limit?

[David Blomstrom]

I was hoping to store some fairly large blocks of text
in a MySQL table, like brief accounts for all 50
states, such as this:

"South Dakota was long known as the <em>Sunshine
State</em> because it&#8217;s state motto, which was
depicted on the state flag, was &#8220;Sunshine
State.&#8221; In 1980, the motto, flag, and nickname
was changed to &#8220;The Mount Rushmore State&#8221;
because it was felt South Dakota couldn&#8217;t
compete with the other <em>Sunshine State</em>,
Florida, which enhanced its reputation for sunshine
with the nickname <em>Orange State</em>. The nickname
<em>Coyote State</em> was actually inspired by a swift
horse. Other old nicknames are <em>Blizzard State</em>
and <em>Artesian State</em> (for artesian wells)"

I checked The Manual, which confirmed that 255
characters is indeed the limit for text entries. But I
wondered if there might be some workaround. If not,
I'll just limit myself to smaller bytes!




        
                
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