> the default MySQL datastore quietly drops strings longer than the field [...] I don't know if that's still true. If it is, then I'm glad I no longer have to deal with MySQL.
That's still true, as I recall. To avoid this nonsense, you need to change the sql_mode - either globally in the server config, or only within your session by issuing an SQL query.
That's still true, as I recall. To avoid this nonsense, you need to change the sql_mode - either globally in the server config, or only within your session by issuing an SQL query.
Documentation: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sql-mode.html#sqlmod...