> after reading the excellent docs, I was just a little confused as to the
> actual length of the TEXT datatypes. Are they really as long as you like?
See http://www.mysql.com/doc/n/o/node_180.html
> And does anyone have any tips for indexing (searching) them?
What do you mean? Searching is something different than indexing.
You may be interested in the FULLTEXT clause. See
http://www.mysql.com/doc/F/u/Fulltext_Search.html and follwing
for details.
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