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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Edition
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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Edition

by Kevin Yank
May 2012
Beginner
481 pages
11h 33m
English
SitePoint
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Appendix D. MySQL Column Types

When you create a table in MySQL, you must specify the data type for each column. This appendix documents all the column types that MySQL provides as of version 5.5.22 (current this writing).

In this reference, many column types can accept optional parameters to further customize how data for the column is stored or displayed. First, there are the M and D parameters, which are indicated (in square brackets when optional) immediately following the column type name.

The parameter M is used to specify the display size (that is, maximum number of characters) to be used by values in the column. In most cases, this will limit the range of values that may be specified in the column. M may be any integer between 1 and 255. ...

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