I should have had "sanity check" in my subject -- This was exactly the problem.. my first asumption a couple hours ago was 2^24 ... not 16 -- (wrong table) -- Grief!!
Thanks _alot_ guys. On Sunday 18 September 2005 22:45, you wrote: > Bill, > > It might be a MySQL limitation: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/storage-requirements.html > > If you're using a BLOB column type, you're limited to 2^16 bytes, which is > the barrier you're hitting. Try a MEDIUMBLOB column and see if that > helps. > > --pete > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Bill Whillers wrote: > > When using Storable freeze/thaw to work with basic object (hash) storage > > within a mysql db (blob column), I can't seem to get any more than 65535 > > bytes stored. > > > > Since 65535 appears to be a "magic" number, I've been digging for where > > my problem might reside (Storable, Perl, etc). but knowing many on this > > list use Storable to do lots of cool things, can someone provide a clue? > > > > Any other comments are much appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Bill > > ---- > Peter Leonard > [EMAIL PROTECTED]