Mysql的varchar类型

自从认识mysql的那天起就知道varchar的长度限制为255，不过现在这种情况已经改变了：
Values in VARCHAR columns are variable-length strings. The length can be specified as a value from 0 to 65,535. The effective maximum length of a VARCHAR is subject to the maximum row size (65,535 bytes, which is shared among all columns) and the character set used.
In contrast to CHAR, VARCHAR values are stored as a one-byte or two-byte length prefix plus data. The length prefix indicates the number of bytes in the value. A column uses one length byte if values require no more than 255 bytes, two length bytes if values may require more than 255 bytes.
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The following table illustrates the differences between CHAR and VARCHAR by showing the result of storing various string values into CHAR(4) and VARCHAR(4) columns (assuming that the column uses a single-byte character set such as latin1).
Value
CHAR(4)
Storage Required
VARCHAR(4)
Storage Required
''
'    '
4 bytes
''
1 byte
'ab'
'ab  '
4 bytes
'ab'
3 bytes
'abcd'
'abcd'
4 bytes
'abcd'
5 bytes
'abcdefgh'
'abcd'
4 bytes
'abcd'
5 bytes
（http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/char.html）
以后基本可以不使用text字段了。。。。。。