Bug #52802 SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet silently fails
Submitted: 14 Apr 2010 2:47 Modified: 14 Apr 2010 4:58
Reporter: Robert Poor Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Options Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.1.36 OS:MacOS (10.5.8)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: max_allowed_packet

File: Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
Description:
Privacy:

If the data you need to attach is more than 50MB, you should create a compressed archive of the data, split it to 50MB chunks, and upload each of them as a separate attachment.

To split a large file: