# LONGBLOB

## Syntax

```sql
LONGBLOB
```

## Description

A [BLOB](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/blob) column with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 bytes (2³² - 1), or 4GB. The effective maximum length of `LONGBLOB` columns depends on the configured maximum packet size in the client/server protocol and available memory. Each `LONGBLOB` value is stored using a four-byte length prefix that indicates the number of bytes in the value.

### Oracle Mode

In [Oracle mode](https://app.gitbook.com/s/aEnK0ZXmUbJzqQrTjFyb/community-server/about/compatibility-and-differences/sql_modeoracle), `BLOB` is a synonym for `LONGBLOB`.

## Examples

```sql
CREATE TABLE longblob_example (
   description VARCHAR(20),
   example LONGBLOB
) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; -- One byte per char makes the examples clearer
```

Note that the maximum size of a `LONGBLOB` is so large that it cannot be sent to the server without breaking the value up into chunks (something that the command-line client cannot do). For values larger than 16M you can increase the max\_allowed\_packet size up to a maximum of 1024M to increase the allowed size of non-chunked values.

```sql
INSERT INTO longblob_example VALUES
   ('Normal foo', 'foo'),
   ('Trailing spaces foo', 'foo      '),
   ('NULLed', NULL),
   ('Empty', ''),
   ('Maximum', RPAD('', 4294967295, CHAR(7)));
```

```sql
ERROR 1301 (HY000): Result of rpad() was larger than max_allowed_packet (16777216) - truncated
```

### Data Too Long

When `SQL_MODE` is strict (the default) a value is considered "too long" when its length exceeds the size of the data type, and an error is generated.

Example of data too long behavior for `LONGBLOB`:

```sql
TRUNCATE longblob_example;

INSERT INTO longblob_example VALUES
   ('Overflow', RPAD('', 4294967296, CHAR(7)));
```

```sql
ERROR 1301 (HY000): Result of rpad() was larger than max_allowed_packet (16777216) - truncated
```

## See Also

* [BLOB](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/blob)
* [BLOB and TEXT Data Types](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/blob-and-text-data-types)
* [Data Type Storage Requirements](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/data-type-storage-requirements)
* [Oracle mode](https://app.gitbook.com/s/aEnK0ZXmUbJzqQrTjFyb/community-server/about/compatibility-and-differences/sql_modeoracle)

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