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

[Martin Kutschker]

Ingo Renner schrieb:
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> Am 11.03.2007 um 18:50 schrieb Martin Kutschker:
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> 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:
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>> * remove all UNSIGNED definitions of INTs
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> If I remember right workspaces are using negativ integers

So? Unsigned means only positive integers. So all fields that take negative 
  values have no UNSIGNED.

>> * replace all BLOB with TEXT fields
> 
> wasn't that done with 4.1 - except for the sysexts?

Yes and I'm talking about sysext.

Masi