Re: UNUSUAL PROBLEM WHEN WRITING TO THE SCREEN

Chris W. Parker wrote:

Justin French <mailto:justin@indent.com.au>

    on Monday, December 22, 2003 6:12 PM said:

Sounds more like the mysql field is a varchar255, rather than maybe a mediumtext, and only the first 255 chars are getting inserted into the DB? But I could be horribly wrong :)

In an effort to keep this thread going and hopefully find an answer op left out some important information this time around. (He posted a related question yesterday.) He is not using MySQL. He is using MSSQL. According to what he said in another thread the database has stored all the data without being cutoff. I imagine he's able to view it in another way aside from retrieving it via php to verify it's been inserted completely. Does this help anyone narrow it down? (because I certainly have no idea.)

This problem comes up every now and then, but I can't find anything good in the archives. Basically, if you're using a varchar (or nvarchar?) column, you can only have a max size of 255 characters. Anything larger needs to use a text column. I think this is dependent upon the library you're using to access MSSQL (like an ODBC limitation?), so you should look at other libraries to see if this was fixed. -- ---John Holmes... Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals – www.phparch.com