[TYPO3-core] RFC: replace tinytext fields by varchar(255)

[Ingo Renner]

Am 11.03.2007 um 18:50 schrieb Martin Kutschker:

Hi Masi,

> TINYTEXT fields serve no real purpose and can be replaced by VARCHAR 
> (255). This has an advantage for DBAL on some systems (they are  
> more "expensive")

+1 as I've read and also agree with Sven Wilhelm's opion on this one.

>
> Next steps for a DBAL cleanup are:
>
> * remove all UNSIGNED definitions of INTs

If I remember right workspaces are using negativ integers

> * replace all BLOB with TEXT fields

wasn't that done with 4.1 - except for the sysexts?


Ingo