Size of Text Field

Hello.

Each time I create a record with a Text Field, does it take up the
entire 65535 bytes or just use what it needs?

Thanks.

Re: Size of Text Field

battle.chris@gmail.com wrote:

> Each time I create a record with a Text Field, does it take up the
> entire 65535 bytes or just use what it needs?

what it needs + 2 bytes

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-requirements. html