http://nextwebdesigns.com Growing the Artistic Web Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://nextwebdesigns.com/2008/01/04/mysql-blob-insert-error/ http://nextwebdesigns.com/2008/01/04/mysql-blob-insert-error/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:54:23 +0000 admin http://nextwebdesigns.com/?p=22 When using MySQL to store things such as files, it is best to use a blob field.  If you're using a blob field, but having trouble with inserting some data into it (like a file), you might want to check the MySQL environment varibale max_allowed_packet.  The max_allowed_packet variable can be found in your configuration file (usually /etc/my.cnf), and is usually set to something around 1 MB.  If you try to insert a binary file larger than 1MB, the MySQL insert will fail.  All that's needed, is to change to max_allowed_packet to something larger, then, restart MySQL:

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