MySQL Table with TEXT column

Question

I\'ve been working on a database and I have to deal with a TEXT field.

Now, I believe I\'ve seen some place mentioning it would be best to isolate the TEXT column fr

Answer 1

The concern is that a large text field—like way over 8,192 bytes—will cause excessive paging and/or file i/o during complex queries on unindexed fields. In such cases, it's better to migrate the large field to another table and replace it with the new table's row id or index (which would then be metadata since it doesn't actually contain data).

The disadvantages are: a) More complicated schema b) If the large field is using inspected or retrieved, there is no advantage c) Ensuring data consistency is more complicated and a potential source of database malaise.