Syntax\n------\n\nTINYTEXT [CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]\n\nDescription\n-----------\n\nA TEXT column with a maximum length of 255 (2⁸ - 1) characters. The effective maximum length is less if the value contains multi-byte characters. Each TINYTEXT value is stored using a one-byte length prefix that indicates the number of bytes in the value.\n\nExamples\n--------\n\nCREATE TABLE tinytext_example (\n   description VARCHAR(20),\n   example TINYTEXT\n) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; -- One byte per char makes the examples clearer\n\nURL: https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/tinytext