On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 12:29:00PM +0100, Chris Chabot wrote: > While developing several sites based on a PHP (3.0.6/Apache-1.3.4) engine, ive > stumbled across a max. size limit for TEXT fields while inserting them in the > MySql (3.22.15) database. The max size was 65535, which sounds awfully much > like a 2byte unsigned numeral, now my question is, is this a limit thats set > by PhP by the internal variable parser, or is this a external factor (eg a > limit set in mysql, etc ..) Ive been looking thru both the php and mysql > documentation, and came up blank so far...
look in section 7.2 of the mysql manual, and scroll down until you find 'TEXT' at the left hand side of the page. http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Syntax.html#Column_types -- Graham