title: Rails change column to mediumtext
body: <p>I need to change a column from type TEXT to MEDIUMTEXT. As per this discussion: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6830522/how-to-store-long-text-to-mysql-db-using-rails">How to store long text to MySql DB using Rails?</a>, I will need to specify a limit on size as half of the allowable range for that particular TEXT type in MySQL. However, what I am experiencing is that even by halving, I'm still getting the type that's one level above what I need. Does anyone have a better doc where this was documented or know why this is happening? Thanks!</p>