Index: modules/locale/locale.install
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--- modules/locale/locale.install	(revision 1)
+++ modules/locale/locale.install	(working copy)
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
       db_query("CREATE TABLE {locales_source} (
         lid int NOT NULL auto_increment,
         location varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
-        source blob NOT NULL,
+        source longtext NOT NULL,
         PRIMARY KEY (lid),
         KEY source (source(30))
       ) /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8 */ ");
 
       db_query("CREATE TABLE {locales_target} (
         lid int NOT NULL default '0',
-        translation blob NOT NULL,
+        translation longtext NOT NULL,
         locale varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
         plid int NOT NULL default '0',
         plural int NOT NULL default '0',
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
       db_query("CREATE TABLE {locales_source} (
         lid serial,
         location varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
-        source bytea NOT NULL,
+        source text NOT NULL,
         PRIMARY KEY (lid)
       )");
 
       db_query("CREATE TABLE {locales_target} (
         lid int NOT NULL default '0',
-        translation bytea NOT NULL,
+        translation text NOT NULL,
         locale varchar(12) NOT NULL default '',
         plid int NOT NULL default '0',
         plural int NOT NULL default '0'
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
       db_query("CREATE INDEX {locales_target}_locale_idx ON {locales_target} (locale)");
       db_query("CREATE INDEX {locales_target}_plid_idx ON {locales_target} (plid)");
       db_query("CREATE INDEX {locales_target}_plural_idx ON {locales_target} (plural)");
-      db_query("CREATE INDEX {locales_source}_source_idx ON {locales_source} (source)");
       break;
   }
   db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_meta} (locale, name, enabled, isdefault) VALUES ('en', 'English', '1', '1')");