Require greater than 255 in varchar?

2004-01-27 Thread Eve Atley
I have a large chunk of text I've attempted to put into a varchar field, and it chopped off a chunk of it. If I need to enter text that is greater than the default 255, what choice should I use instead? Thanks, Eve -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives:

RE: Require greater than 255 in varchar?

2004-01-27 Thread Donny Simonton
. Donny -Original Message- From: Eve Atley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Require greater than 255 in varchar? I have a large chunk of text I've attempted to put into a varchar field, and it chopped off a chunk

Re: Require greater than 255 in varchar?

2004-01-27 Thread Bernard Clement
Either a BLOB or TEXT field should be your solution. See http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/BLOB.html for the description. Bernard On Tuesday 27 January 2004 22:29, Eve Atley wrote: I have a large chunk of text I've attempted to put into a varchar field, and it chopped off a chunk of it. If I need