MySQL Error 1264: out of range value for column

Question

As I SET cust_fax in a table in MySQL like this:

cust_fax integer(10) NOT NULL,

and then I insert value like this:

INSERT INTO database values ('3172978990');

but then it say

`error 1264` out of value for column

And I want to know where the error is? My set? Or other?

Any answer will be appreciated!

Answer 1

The value 3172978990 is greater than 2147483647 – the maximum value for INT – hence the error. MySQL integer types and their ranges are listed here.

Also note that the (10) in INT(10) does not define the "size" of an integer. It specifies the display width of the column. This information is advisory only.

To fix the error, change your datatype to VARCHAR. Phone and Fax numbers should be stored as strings. See this discussion.

Answer 2

You are exceeding the length of int datatype. You can use UNSIGNED attribute to support that value.

SIGNED INT can support till 2147483647 and with UNSIGNED INT allows double than this. After this you still want to save data than use CHAR or VARCHAR with length 10

Answer 3

You can also change the data type to bigInt and it will solve your problem, it's not a good practice to keep integers as strings unless needed. :)

ALTER TABLE T_PERSON MODIFY mobile_no BIGINT;