MySQL now creates String columns using the TEXT column type

also, a minor doc fix

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 This file contains the changes to the Roundup system over time. The entries
 are given with the most recent entry first.
 
+2005-??-?? 0.9.0b2
+Fixed:
+- MySQL now creates String columns using the TEXT column type
+
+
 2005-10-07 0.9.0b1
 Feature:
 - added "imapServer.py" script (sf patch 934567)

doc/installation.txt

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ module. Download the latest version from http://www.python.org/.
 It is highly recommended that users install the latest patch version
 of python as these contain many fixes to serious bugs.
 
+Some variants of Linux will need an additional "python dev" package
+installed for Roundup installation to work. Debian and derivatives, are
+known to require this.
+
 If you're on windows, you will either need to be using the ActiveState python
 distribution (at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/), or you'll
 have to install the win32all package separately (get it from

roundup/backends/back_mysql.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#$Id: back_mysql.py,v 1.59 2005-07-12 01:37:49 richard Exp $
+#$Id: back_mysql.py,v 1.60 2005-10-24 03:37:11 richard Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2003 Martynas Sklyzmantas, Andrey Lebedev <[email protected]>
 #
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Database(Database):
     #mysql_backend = 'BDB'
 
     hyperdb_to_sql_datatypes = {
-        hyperdb.String : 'VARCHAR(255)',
+        hyperdb.String : 'TEXT',
         hyperdb.Date   : 'DATETIME',
         hyperdb.Link   : 'INTEGER',
         hyperdb.Interval  : 'VARCHAR(255)',