MadProfessor,
Friday, March 15, 2002, 2:51:07 PM, you wrote:
M> Stupid newbie question, but why in the hell can't I get this damned TEXT
M> column added? I've specified it as size 254 and cannot get it to
M> work.... Someone please give me an example of a working create table
M> statement with a TEXT or LONGTEXT column? I've read through my book
M> (MySQL) and checked the documentation, but no working examples, just the
M> standard stuff......
mysql> create table test(
-> id int primary key,
-> article text);
You shouldn't specify size for text column. Check the following link:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/n/o/node_368.html
You can find storage requirement for text column types there.
M> Cheers,
M> MadProfessor ZERO
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