On Fri, January 3, 2014 3:44 am, AndyHC wrote: > <snip> > > >>> Why? It is just text so why not make it char(200) and the one that >>> bombs the most make it 1000. >>> >>> When you set lengths today tomorrow some nimrod with break them. >>> >> >> My ultimate goal is to be able to set my MySQL (actually MariaDB) field >> widths so that the LOAD INFILE imports without any truncations. >> > [N]VARCHAR ?
I just feel dirty setting everything to varchar(255). lol _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

