1963
MariaDBERRORNotableDDLHIGH confidence
The storage engine for the table does not support BLOB/TEXT or GIS columns
Production Risk
Low — DDL is rejected.
What this means
An attempt was made to create or alter a table to add a BLOB, TEXT, or GIS (spatial) column using a storage engine that does not support these types.
Why it happens
- 1Creating a MEMORY or BLACKHOLE table with BLOB or TEXT columns.
- 2Adding a spatial column to a storage engine without GIS support.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
CREATE TABLE t (id INT, notes TEXT) ENGINE=MEMORY;
expected output
ERROR 1963 (HY000): The storage engine for the table does not support TEXT column types.
Fix
Switch to InnoDB or MyISAM which support BLOB/TEXT/GIS
Switch to InnoDB or MyISAM which support BLOB/TEXT/GIS
CREATE TABLE t (id INT, notes TEXT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
Why this works
InnoDB supports all column types including BLOB, TEXT, and spatial types.
Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 1963 ER_TABLE_CANT_HANDLE_BLOB_OR_GIS
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