String length restriction documented

crate · Apr 27, 2015 · c20465b · c20465b
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diff --git a/docs/sql/data_types.txt b/docs/sql/data_types.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ A basic boolean type. Accepting ``true`` and ``false`` as values. Example::
 string
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-A text-based basic type containing one or more characters. Example::
+A text-based basic type containing one or more characters. All unicode characters are allowed. Example::
 
     cr> create table my_table2 (
     ...   first_column string
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ A text-based basic type containing one or more characters. Example::
 
 Columns of type string can also be analyzed. See :ref:`sql_ddl_index_fulltext`.
 
+.. note::
+
+    Maximum string length is restricted to 32766 bytes, when encoded with UTF-8 unless the string is analyzed using full text or the indexing is off.
+
 numeric types
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