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Asked: 2026-05-23T00:10:42+00:00

For example, this field I am writing in now can holds a lot of

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For example, this field I am writing in now can holds a lot of text. I’m assuming this is a mySQL VARCHAR or TEXT field but this is just a guess. According to MySQL: Large VARCHAR vs. TEXT? TEXT should be used. Where is the line for switching from VARHCAR to TEXT. I’m looking for something more concrete then the link I posted.

I of course want to be able to search the text and edit it.

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  1. Editorial Team

    VARCHAR is limited to 255 characters in all mysql versions <= 5.0.3

    There are various sizes of TEXT fields as well, TEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT.

    You can find more details here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/blob.html

    I would strongly suggest defaulting to text or larger for what you’re proposing.

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