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> Would both of the above tables have 2^32 - 1 characters?=20 No. TEXT types are variable-length types. For each one, the storage requirements depends on the actual length of column values, rather than on the type's maximum possible size. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/storage-requirements.html "Sunil Vishwas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > I am not much worried about pre 5.0.11-Beta, my question is: > > How the following tables would be stored: > > CREATE TABLE NonUnicodeTable (NonUnicodeColumn LONGTEXT); > CREATE TABLE UnicodeTable (UnicodeColumn LONGTEXT UNICODE); > > Would both of the above tables have 2^32 - 1 characters?=20 > > Thank you, > Sunil Vishwas=20 -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]