From: Adam Staunton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > > I just tried to change a field with a type of LongText to > Text and with a width of 10 characters in phpmyadmin. It > accepted the change of the field type top "text" but didn't > seem to accept the change in field length to "10". To test , > I entered 20 characters into a text field in my php/mysql > database and it accepted it when I updated. > > What's wrong ? or is it not possible to assign actual field > lengths in phpmyadmin ?
The TEXT type doesn't have a user-set limit on it: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/BLOB.html If all the records going in the column are 10 characters, use a CHAR(10): http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/CHAR.html HTH! -- Mike Johnson Web Developer Smarter Living, Inc. phone (617) 886-5539
