MySQL数据类型没有长度,为什么我在MySQL中没有设置更大的INT数据类型长度的错误？...

I'm a little bit confused on datatypes length in MySql; I read the reference manual at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/data-types.html and I know that when I write "INT(M)"...

M indicates the maximum display width for integer types. For floating-point and fixed-point types, M is the total number of digits that can be stored. For string types, M is the maximum length. The maximum permissible value of M depends on the data type.

Then, I added a column to my table with a field datatype like INT(10) [not unsigned] and I know that the maximum values are -2147483648 / 2147483647

However if I edit it to INT(11), MySQL permit me to set a larger length without any error although the length is out of the range; in this case, I'll get an error only when I set a value larger of 2147483647, why not before?

Thank You in advance,

Max

解决方案

The M value doesn't affect the range of numbers you can store. You can save the same numbers in INT(1) as in INT(30). The number does only affect the ZEROFILL behavior.

mysql> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE foobar(x INT(40) ZEROFILL);

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO foobar(x) VALUES (42);

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM foobar;

+------------------------------------------+

| x |

+------------------------------------------+

| 0000000000000000000000000000000000000042 |

+------------------------------------------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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