Hi,
well usually yuto_increment is used on ID fields.
then depending on how many rows your table has
tinyint (up to 255; 1k), smallint (up to 65535; 2k)
mediumint (up to 16777215; 3k) int (up to 4294967295, 4k).
Johannes
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> What is the best field type to use for an Auto_Increment field?
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> i am using int at the moment, is there a better one?
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