Solution 1: Add the following to the my.cnf file under [mysqld] section. innodb_file_per_table=1 innodb_file_format = Barracuda ALTER the table to use ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED. ALTER TABLE nombre_tabla ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED KEY_BLOCK_SIZE=8;
solution 2 : changed the table storage engine to InnoDB
more details here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15585602/change-limit-for-mysql-row-size-too-large