hi all -
I was looking for some clarification about the difference between
varchar and the text types in MySQL 5.0.18. It seems to me that varchar
and text both hold text data, are variable length, and have the same
storage requirements (4 + L bytes). Also, longtext adds the ability to
hold ~4G of data at the cost of only 2 extra storage bytes? Also, it
looks like text data is stored externally from the table, where varchar
is stored within its row.
So, my question is: what are the pros and cons of using varchar vs.
text/longtext? Right now, longtext seems to be the best option (it
provides most flexibility in data that can be stored, at only a
2-byte-per-row storage premium) There must be some drawback, what am I
missing? Thanks for your help
-tucker
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