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Best data type for long text(for news system)

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:50 am
by nimrodm
Hi. im building a news system with php and mysql...
im not sure what kind of data type should i use for my main part.
Should i use long text or varchar or anything else?! what do you guys recommend?

thanks

Re: Best data type for long text(for news system)

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:20 am
by novice4eva
depends on how much data you are inserting. This is where you would like to search for more detail:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/ ... rview.html