Aryeh Gregor wrote:
. . . and the right solution here is probably just to
convert all
these fields to TEXT and allow for the possibility of much longer edit
summaries if desired.
TEXT (and related) fields have always been iffier than fixed-length
types as far as performance goes, so I guess that's why everybody's
steering clear of those if at all possible (think article titles and all
related queries, for instance).
Gutza