sql - mysql group_concat not bringing entire data

Question

I am using the following query and utilizing the group_concat function. However, at times the data in the answers column is being cut off; meaning I don't get the entire data, in the end it is just chopped off.

I suspect it might have something to do with the datatype....can it be casted to a bigger datatype? Currently the Other1 datatype is text

 select SiteName, 
case 
when group_concat(Other1) is not null 
  then  group_concat( cast(Other1 AS BLOB)) 
when group_concat(Other1) is null
  then  'No Response provided'
end
 'answers'
from disparities_community_partnerships
where QuarterId=2
group by SiteName

Answer 1

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/group-by-functions.html#function_group-concat

The result is truncated to the maximum length that is given by the group_concat_max_len system variable, which has a default value of 1024. The value can be set higher, although the effective maximum length of the return value is constrained by the value of max_allowed_packet. The syntax to change the value of group_concat_max_len at runtime is as follows, where val is an unsigned integer

SET [GLOBAL | SESSION] group_concat_max_len = val;