What version is this, 2.0? I've had trouble with 2.0 many times, esp. with MySQL [1]. HSQLDB seems to work a bit more stable. Can you track this issue down and find out whether it's a bug or not? If so, then please create a ticket for 2.0 in Jira.
[1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-970 > When nutch enters data into a MySQL database error: > java.io.IOException: java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Data truncation: Data > too long for column 'id' at row 1 > The column id is inverted url (standard). > Has anyone encountered this problem? > thanks! > MySQL version 5.1

