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:

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Answer 1

tl;dr

Make sure your AUTO_INCREMENT is not out of range. In that case, set a new value for it with:

ALTER TABLE table_name AUTO_INCREMENT=100 -- Change 100 to the desired number

Explanation

AUTO_INCREMENT can contain a number that is bigger than the maximum value allowed by the datatype. This can happen if you filled up a table that you emptied afterward but the AUTO_INCREMENT stayed the same, but there might be different reasons as well. In this case a new entry's id would be out of range.

Solution

If this is the cause of your problem, you can fix it by setting AUTO_INCREMENT to one bigger than the latest row's id. So if your latest row's id is 100 then:

ALTER TABLE table_name AUTO_INCREMENT=101

If you would like to check AUTO_INCREMENT's current value, use this command:

SELECT `AUTO_INCREMENT`
FROM  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'DatabaseName'
AND   TABLE_NAME   = 'TableName';