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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T19:43:46+00:00 2026-05-10T19:43:46+00:00

I need to store a url in a MySQL table. What’s the best practice

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I need to store a url in a MySQL table. What’s the best practice for defining a field that will hold a URL with an undetermined length?

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  1. 2026-05-10T19:43:47+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 7:43 pm
    1. Lowest common denominator max URL length among popular web browsers: 2,083 (Internet Explorer)
    1. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/char.html
      Values in VARCHAR columns are variable-length strings. The length can be specified as a value from 0 to 255 before MySQL 5.0.3, and 0 to 65,535 in 5.0.3 and later versions. The effective maximum length of a VARCHAR in MySQL 5.0.3 and later is subject to the maximum row size (65,535 bytes, which is shared among all columns) and the character set used.
    1. So …
      < MySQL 5.0.3 use TEXT
      or
      >= MySQL 5.0.3 use VARCHAR(2083)
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