[Solar-talk] db exception on size exceeded

[Paul M Jones]

On Jul 16, 2006, at 6:51 PM, Jeff Surgeson wrote:

> I might be wrong but I would imagine that the chances of max data  
> lenghts
> being exceeded are high especialy with shorter values and I have  
> never known
> mysql to choke on it own on length other than to truncate the data.

I think that's a point of contention with a lot of folks; some  
purists say that MySQL *should* choke on too-long data instead of  
silently truncating.


> But as always I know you will do what is right and uselfull for  
> all :-)

Well I'll try; I need you (and others) to keep me honest.  :-)


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