To avoid *silent* truncation of columns in mysql
it is much safer to turn on traditional mode which
behaves in the normal manner.
From the mysql docs:
Make MySQL behave like a "traditional" SQL database system.
A simple description of this mode is "give an error instead
of a warning" when inserting an incorrect value into a column.
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