title: Varbinary vs Blob in MySQL
body: <p>I have about 2k of raw binary data that I need to store in a table, but don't know whether to choose the Varbinary or Blob type.  I have read through the descriptions in the MySQL docs but didn't find any contract and compare descriptions.  I also read that varbinary only supports up to 255 characters, but I successfully created a varbinary(2048) field, so I'm a bit confused.</p>
  
  <p>The binary data does not need to be indexed, nor will I need to query on it.  Is there an advantage to using one type over the other from PHP?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>