Paul,
Saturday, November 02, 2002, 5:11:43 PM, you wrote:
P> I am kind of new to MySQL. I have ordered MySQL Cookbook but I still
P> have a week before it arrives. In the meantime, I am looking for some
P> basic help.
P> I am looking to store the text/description for the purpose of retrieving
P> it on the website. What would be the most appropriate way to store it?
P> Text or long varchar (something like varchar(1000)?
P> Which field supports full text search?
P> Hob about if I want to store the description that is html formatted?
P> Would that choice differ (TEXT/VARCHAR)?
There is no long varchar in MySQL. You can find the maximum length for
all column types here:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Column_types.html
Full-text search is supported on VARCHAR() and TEXT columns.
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