Storing Long Descriptions in mySQL (255+ Char.)

I'm looking for a way to store job descriptions in a mySQL
database dealing with PHP. I find people jobs on my website locally.
Most of the job descriptions are more than 255 characters in length
so how would I make this work? Could I have a field in the mySQL
database that stores the path to a text file with the description and
then include it somehow into an HTML page? I don't know how I
would do this though, so some simple PHP coding would be greatly
appreciated! Thanks in advance..



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>  Could I have a field in the mySQL database that stores the path to
a text file with the description and then include it somehow into an
HTML page?
>
>
You could do it that way, or, if you need to search on the contents of
the job description field, use a field of type TEXT.

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"HostSpecs" wrote:
> I’m looking for a way to store job descriptions in a mySQL
> database dealing with PHP. I find people jobs on my website
locally.
> Most of the job descriptions are more than 255 characters in length
> so how would I make this work? Could I have a field in the mySQL
> database that stores the path to a text file with the description
and
> then include it somehow into an HTML page? I don’t know how I
> would do this though, so some simple PHP coding would be greatly
> appreciated! Thanks in advance..
>
>
>
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You can have fields more than 255 chars.  Just define them as "text"
type.

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