MySQL 建表字段长度的限制

在MySQL建表时，遇到一个奇怪的现象：
root@localhost : test 10:30:54>CREATE TABLE tb_test (
 -> recordid varchar(32) NOT NULL,
 -> areaShow varchar(10000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> areaShow1 varchar(10000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> areaShow2 varchar(10000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> PRIMARY KEY (recordid)
 -> ) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 ERROR 1118 (42000): Row size too large. The maximum row size for the used table type, not counting BLOBs, is 65535. You have to change some columns to TEXT or BLOBs
 报错
root@localhost : test 10:31:01>CREATE TABLE tb_test (
 -> recordid varchar(32) NOT NULL,
 -> areaShow varchar(30000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> areaShow1 varchar(30000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> areaShow2 varchar(30000) DEFAULT NULL,
 -> PRIMARY KEY (recordid)
 -> ) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 Query OK, 0 rows affected, 3 warnings (0.26 sec)
 可以建立，只是类型被转换了。

root@localhost : test 10:31:14>show warnings;
 +-------+------+----------------------------------------------------+
 | Level | Code | Message |
 +-------+------+----------------------------------------------------+
 | Note | 1246 | Converting column 'areaShow' from VARCHAR to TEXT |
 | Note | 1246 | Converting column 'areaShow1' from VARCHAR to TEXT |
 | Note | 1246 | Converting column 'areaShow2' from VARCHAR to TEXT |
 +-------+------+----------------------------------------------------+
 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 疑问：

为什么字段小(10000)的反而报错，而大(30000)的则可以建立。为什么小的不能直接转换呢？

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