*** Fredrik Lundh escribió/wrote (Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:46:04 +0200): > Oh, you did write BLOB in the subject. BLOB columns hold 64k (minus 2 > bytes for housekeeping), and excess data is discarded, by default: > > "If strict SQL mode is not enabled and you assign a value to a BLOB or > TEXT column that exceeds the column's maximum length, the value is > truncated to fit and a warning is generated." > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/blob.html
Apart from this, MySQL features another delightful data truncator called the "max_allowed_packet" server parameter: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/packet-too-large.html -- -- http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain -- Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com -- Mi web de humor en cubitos: http://www.demogracia.com -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list