Journal of Smylers (2592)

Journal of Smylers (2592): "If you're using MySQL, or considering using it, here are some things you probably should be aware of. Dealing with Invalid Data MySQL lets you specify restict what can be stored in fields, for example the number of characters in a string. If you try to insert data that doesn't meet the restrictions then MySQL tries really hard to insert someting anyway -- such as by truncating the string"