> Is there a way to raise this limit? We have some tables with columns that > are VARCHAR(200), and need to make a primary key based on combinations of > these columns (in some cases, upto 4 columns), and MySQL complains for all > of these table definitions that "Specified key was too long. Max key > length is 500".
Why do you need to index the entire column? You can just index a prefix of the column, like the first 125 bytes of each column. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
