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Having dealt with utf8mb4 data being inserted into the utf8mb3 columns many many times in the past, I've never had a table "instantly go down". You either get s
by lsaferite 4y ago
Having dealt with utf8mb4 data being inserted into the utf8mb3 columns many many times in the past, I've never had a table "instantly go down". You either get silent truncation or a refusal to insert the data.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoWell, your applications haven’t used a serialized or JSON column. That’s how you go from truncation to downtime. That said, I do remember this being an issue even with plain text.