Re: Working with the text datatype in Mysql

[gerald_clark]

You supply almost no useful information here.
What version of MySQL are you using?
What platform?
What language?
How do you check to see if anything was entered?


Lekeas GK wrote:

>Hi All,
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>I am managing a small database where a few fields are defined as being of
>type text. In my understanding, this would allow the user to enter up to
>about 65,000 characters in the text field.
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>However, if the user types about 2,000 characters, then nothing is entered
>in the database. I have checked the max_packet_allowed and the
>net_buffer_length and the limits are quite high.
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>Could somebody advice me on how to go about solving this problem?
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>I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>George
>
>"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
>Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943.
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