It's worth to mention that CLOB / BLOB data types and their sizes are supported by MySQL 5.0+, so you can choose the proper data type for your need.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/storage-requirements.html
Data Type Date Type Storage Required
(CLOB) (BLOB)
TINYTEXT TINYBLOB L + 1 bytes, where L < 2**8 (255)
TEXT BLOB L + 2 bytes, where L < 2**16 (64 K)
MEDIUMTEXT MEDIUMBLOB L + 3 bytes, where L < 2**24 (16 MB)
LONGTEXT LONGBLOB L + 4 bytes, where L < 2**32 (4 GB)
where L stands for the byte length of a string