diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 3d07ba48d..6013aa90f 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -246,3 +246,6 @@ MAX_RATIO = 1.0
 
 # Character used for marking injectable position inside URI
 URI_INJECTION_MARK_CHAR = '*'
+
+# Maximum length used for retrieving data over MySQL error based payload due to "known" problems with longer result strings
+MYSQL_ERROR_TRIM_LENGTH = 100
diff --git a/lib/techniques/error/use.py b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
index d5320da14..c0d44e3ad 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/error/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS
 from lib.core.enums import EXPECTED
 from lib.core.enums import PAYLOAD
 from lib.core.settings import FROM_TABLE
+from lib.core.settings import MYSQL_ERROR_TRIM_LENGTH
 from lib.core.unescaper import unescaper
 from lib.request.connect import Connect as Request
 from lib.utils.resume import resume
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def __oneShotErrorUse(expression, field):
 
     if Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() == DBMS.MYSQL:
         # Fix for MySQL odd behaviour ('Subquery returns more than 1 row')
-        nulledCastedField = nulledCastedField.replace("AS CHAR)", "AS CHAR(100))")
+        nulledCastedField = nulledCastedField.replace("AS CHAR)", "AS CHAR(%d))" % MYSQL_ERROR_TRIM_LENGTH)
 
     # Forge the error-based SQL injection request
     vector = agent.cleanupPayload(kb.injection.data[PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.ERROR].vector)