Skip column size for text columns

[letronje]

For the same table and column, we are seeing 2 different comments for the same 'text' column in mysql

We are running rails 4.2.4

On 1 machine(running mysql 5.5.32), the comment generated is

description :text(16777215)

and on 2 other dev machines( running mysql 5.5.34 and 5.5.44) , it generates

description :text(65535)

As per mysql on all machines, the column type is "text".

Could it be the different versions of mysql ?

Is there any way to prevent column size(or whatever that number is) from being part of the auto generated comment ?

[andrewek]

A similar issue occurs between different versions of PostgreSQL. Using Postgres 9.4.1 on my linux machine produces name :string, whereas using the Postgres app on my Mac produces name :string(255).

[ctran]

This seems like an issue with Rails - rails/rails#19001

[ctran]

This is now an option.