Comments on: MySQL int(11) and int(3) store the same values.

By: Neha Vishwakarma

Neha Vishwakarma — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:45:18 +0000

Explained through examples, which is very easy to understand. Not even explained on MYSQL website
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/numeric-type-overview.html.
Thanks

By: mysql expert

mysql expert — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:35:01 +0000

The diffrerence is only in display for mysql.It displays 1 or 0000000001.Nothing changes about data range for mysql int data type

By: doucol

doucol — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:29:15 +0000

Perfect, simple and concise blog article. thanks much

By: Eric Bergen

Eric Bergen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:32:47 +0000

Correct, if you don’t specify zerofill it doesn’t matter.

By: noel

noel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:25:16 +0000

Hi,

So if there is no zerofill it doesnt make a difference?

If you have int(3) with 10000 it is still 10000, but there are no leading zeroes with zerofill?

Thx Noel

By: laalesh

laalesh — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:37:08 +0000

it would be better if you would had privided an example on signed and unsigned.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:46:01 +0000

Just pointing out the following (perhaps obvious) detail:

The query time increased with more “padding” and decreased with less.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:20:55 +0000

Was a bit confused about the value between parentheses. Cleared up now!

By: Mayurika Bhatt

Mayurika Bhatt — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:29:47 +0000

Great. I was looking for the same info. I was wondering if I could find an answer to this question. Thanks