int(5) vs. int(10) in MySQL?

The value in the parentheses is used to display only the width and sets the zerofill. The width is 5 for int(5), whereas 10 for int(10). Let us see another example with a different width value set for int.

Let us first create a table. Here, we have set the int to int(11) and int(13). The following is the query to create a table −

mysql> create table intVsIntAnyThingDemo
−> (
−> Number1 int(11) unsigned zerofill,
−> Number int(13) unsigned zerofill
−> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.17 sec)

Now you can insert record in the table with the help of insert command. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into intVsIntAnyThingDemo values(12345,6789);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.44 sec)

mysql> insert into intVsIntAnyThingDemo values(3,2);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)

mysql> insert into intVsIntAnyThingDemo values(12,89);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

mysql> insert into intVsIntAnyThingDemo values(123,6789);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)

mysql> insert into intVsIntAnyThingDemo values(1234,6789);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records with the help of select statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from intVsIntAnyThingDemo;

The following is the output displaying zero fill for the total width set for int −

+-------------+---------------+
| Number1     | Number        |
+-------------+---------------+
| 00000012345 | 0000000006789 |
| 00000000003 | 0000000000002 |
| 00000000012 | 0000000000089 |
| 00000000123 | 0000000006789 |
| 00000001234 | 0000000006789 |
+-------------+---------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)