mysql> describe x;
+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type    | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| y     | char(3) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> insert into x values ('abcd');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select y from x;
+------+
| y    |
+------+
| abc  |
+------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

##</code><code>##

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column