Re: Integer Question - Does Limit Value Make Sense

> <operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> > it looks to me like it choked on the format
> > "integer(10)" part.
>
> > is limit a mysql specific issue for integer?
>
> Absolutely. There might be another DB or two that
> takes the above
> syntax, but it's certainly nowhere to be found in
> the SQL spec.
> SQL99 defines the numeric types as
>
> <exact numeric type> ::=
> NUMERIC [ <left paren> <precision> [
> <comma> <scale> ] <right paren> ]
> | DECIMAL [ <left paren> <precision> [
> <comma> <scale> ] <right paren> ]
> | DEC [ <left paren> <precision> [
> <comma> <scale> ] <right paren> ]
> | INTEGER
> | INT
> | SMALLINT
>
> <approximate numeric type> ::=
> FLOAT [ <left paren> <precision>
> <right paren> ]
> | REAL
> | DOUBLE PRECISION
>
> INTEGER is stated to have scale zero and
> implementation-defined precision.
>

thanks, Tom.

oe1
> regards, tom lane
>

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