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Short String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)
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Medium String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)
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Long String Field: 255 characters (with spaces)
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Short Text Field: 16,777,215 characters (with spaces)
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Medium Text Field: 16,777,215 characters (with spaces)
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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.
