Bug #58008 wrong datatype (blob) in the resultset if the string is larger than 512 bytes
Submitted: 5 Nov 2010 9:38 Modified: 5 Nov 2010 9:41
Reporter: Alexander Rubin Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Optimizer Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1, 5.0 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: BLOB, datatype, performance, string, temporary table

File: Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
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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: