Re: Table Definition - Better binary support w/MySQL

On 9/27/06, DHH <david.heinemeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > However, when using :binary, limits of under 255 get tinyblob, then
> > switch over to blob. What I would propose is that with the :binary
> > type, when limits are specified, VARBINARY (equivalent to VARCHAR)
> > should be used, as it saves space, and is the most appropriate type.
>
> Sounds fine by me. Has varbinary always been around?

It's been around since at least 3.23[1].

-ryan

[1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/binary-varbinary.html

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