diff --git a/Test/Fixture/SerializableAssocFixture.php b/Test/Fixture/SerializableAssocFixture.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Test/Fixture/SerializableAssocFixture.php
+++ b/Test/Fixture/SerializableAssocFixture.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class SerializableAssocFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 	 */
 	public $fields = array(
 		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'length' => 20, 'key' => 'primary'),
-		'field3' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'length' => 100000, 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'charset' => 'utf8'),
+		'field3' => array('type' => 'text', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'charset' => 'utf8'),
 		'serializable_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'length' => 20),
 		'tableParameters' => array('charset' => 'utf8', 'collate' => 'utf8_general_ci', 'engine' => 'MyISAM')
 	);
fix fixture for mysql <I>