MySQL 4.0, max_allowed_packet and blob insert

Hello all, I'm running MySQL 4.0.24 on Debian Linux and have a problem with a very large blob insert query - it always fails with "#2020: Got packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet'". I searched the docs and found some references that this value can not be greater than 1 GB with MySQL 4.x - indeed

Balanced mysql-connections

ver2 and i didn't get the information inserted by webserver1. i've to wait for about two or three seconds, till the tupel is present in the database. Is this a cache problem? any idea? thx Kilian