varchar and unique

[rootman]

Hi @all

i try to create a ssh public key database on a mysql-5.0.16 DB

the problem is the size of the varchar, i want a size 1024...

mysql> create table sshkeys ( absid integer unsigned zerofill NOT NULL
auto_increment, rsa varchar(1024) UNIQUE NULL, dsa varchar(1024) UNIQUE
NULL, PRIMARY KEY(absid) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table './test/sshkeys.frm' (errno:
139)

it runs fine without unique :-(

mysql> create table sshkeys ( absid integer unsigned zerofill NOT NULL
auto_increment, rsa varchar(1024) NULL, dsa varchar(1024) NULL, PRIMARY
KEY(absid) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

with unique a can create varchar fields with a size ~700

is it a bug or a feature of mysql ? :-)

background of the table:
a system has rsa or dsa key, or both
has a system only one type, the entry in the other type is NULL.
Another table has a forgein key reference to the sshkeys table, this
table contains the system name or alias name.

Thanks for help

Frank

[Bill Karwin]

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it runs fine without unique :-(

mysql> create table sshkeys ( absid integer unsigned zerofill NOT NULL
auto_increment, rsa varchar(1024) NULL, dsa varchar(1024) NULL, PRIMARY
KEY(absid) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

with unique [i] can create varchar fields with a size ~700

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...te-index.html:
"Prefixes can be up to 1000 bytes long (767 bytes for InnoDB tables)."

Regards,
Bill K.

[Markus Popp]

Hi,

I didn't even think that a varchar field can take 700 characters - I
thought, the limit was 512.

However, I guess, a text field might be more suitable for this.

Markus