• Short String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)

• Medium String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)

• Long String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)

• Short Text Field: 16,777,215 characters (with spaces)

• Medium Text Field: 16,777,215 characters (with spaces)

• Long Text Field: 16,777,215 characters (with spaces)

Whilst it is technically possible to store 16m characters in a MySQL database, it is unlikely that a user's computer would handle this amount.

It would be dependent on factors such as operating system, memory, processor and browser. The expected maximum is in the region of 500k characters.