mysql - Max length of mediumtext?

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(This question already has answers here): question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5227688/max-length-of-mediumtext

Answer 1

While I think this question should have been answered by a simple Google search, I can't, realistically, vote to close under any of the existing options. As such I choose to offer an answer instead, in order that, hopefully, it won't be asked again and, if it is, subsequent questions may be closed as duplicates.

The maximum length of a 'mediumtext' field, in MySQL, is:

A string with a maximum length of 16,777,215 characters.

Or, according to the docs:

L + 3 bytes, where L < 2²⁴