James Smith wrote: >>> INSERT INTO barcodes (Barcode, ItemID) VALUES (0008811953928,17870) >>> >>> Could anyone tell me why the number 0004294967295 is >>> causing an error >>>> when the SQL statement doesn't even show it being used? >> >> Because it is 2^32. Instead of throwing an error MySQL just >> rounds your value to the maximum that fits in the field. > > But the field is INT(13), why would a 13 digit number not fit?
Because display padding has got nothing to do with physical storage: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Numeric_types.html Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183255 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
