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[jimath]

[quote]hi everyone!
i have created a table like this:
table: lessons per exam
columns: lesson_id int(11)
            semester int(11)
            name_lesson varchar(120)
            exam_char varchar(30)
            theory int(11)
            lab int(11)
            state int(11)
            state_char varchar(30)

in this table i want to execute this query:
INSERT INTO `lessons_per_exam` VALUES (10, 1, 'Υπολογιστές', 'Α', 2, 0, 2, 'Προαιρετικο');

and an error message is displayed:
[b]#1406 - Data too long for column 'name_lesson' at row 1 [/b]

in mysql 4.x this query was executed but now in mysql 5 there is this error.
can you help me?
[/quote]

[cmgmyr]

try putting in the column names before VALUES

[markbett]

if the above doesnt work have it echo the SQL statement so you can see what values are being put where.... you may have a variable defined as something other then oyu think it is

[jimath]

i tried this but the problem eventually is with the language.
for example:
if i write this:

INSERT INTO `lessons_per_exam` ( `lesson_id` , `examino` , `name_lesson` , `exam_char` , `theory` , `lab` , `state` , `state_char` ) VALUES (9, 1, '[b]Επιστήμη των Υπολογιστών[/b]', 'Α', 2, 0, 2, '[b]Προαιρετικο[/b]');

it is not acceptable.and the message is displayed


whereas if i write this:
INSERT INTO `lessons_per_exam` ( `lesson_id` , `examino` , `name_lesson` , `exam_char` , `theory` , `lab` , `state` , `state_char` ) VALUES (9, 1, '[b]computer science[/b]', 'Α', 2, 0, 2, '[b]optional[/b]');
everything ok.

so the columns accept only the english chars. have you any idea about how i can solve the language problem?
[b]i use phpmyadmin 2.8.2[/b]

[AndyB]

Could be a collation problem - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-charsets.html